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TIL that in 1945 six Americans, five of which were children, were killed in Oregon by a Japanese bomb that was delivered via balloon. They were the only citizens to die by enemy weapon on the American mainland during World War II.

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v1QZj TIL Robert Clive, a British Governor and General in India had a pet tortoise named Adwaita. Clive died in 1774. Adwaita died in 2006, 232 years later at the age of c.255. She was born before the 7 Years War, the founding of the USA and the French Revolution.
PodG TIL Poet George Sterling carried a cyanide pill everywhere with him, when asked about it he said “A prison becomes a home if you have the key”.
W7ZWA TIL that the Mash theme song actually had lyrics [Suicide is Painless, Johnny Mandel]
VgQG TIL a figurine of Hans Solo frozen in carbonite is hidden in each episode of Firefly
9YOM6 TIL about Duane Syndrome, a congenital condition in which one eye can not move horizontally while the other eye is unimpaired