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TIL that Kurioshi, Japan, has purpose-built tsunami evacuation towers

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Y7J6r TIL on November 23, 1963, former Vice President Richard Nixon wrote a condolence letter to Jackie Kennedy. On January 21, 1964, Mrs. Kennedy sent a thank you note to Nixon, encouraging him to run for the presidency again, as he had lost to Kennedy in 1960.
JY8P8 TIL that phrases commonly found in headlines (such as "experts say" and "new studies show") are called Weasel Words.
grmDD TIL the Ball corporation, famous for their mason jars, became a defense manufacturer in aerospace engineering. Their products have been used on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the James Webb Space Telescope among other projects. They no longer directly produce glass jars.
XEAWR TIL that, when Ronald Reagan vetoed the 1987 Civil Rights Restoration Act, Congress overrode the Presidential veto by 73-24 in the Senate and 292-133 in the House.
ne1y7 TIL That domesticated blueberries are only just over 100 years old and were thought to be impossible to domesticate until it was discovered they thrive in acidic soil