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TIL that Goku's signature finish "kamehameha" of Kame style was a King of Hawaii

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WkDaA TIL that Japanese is either written vertically from top to bottom, or horizontally from left to right, or horizontally from RIGHT to left! Sometimes, both vertical and horizontal writing can be found on the same page.
dQ9r TIL there’s more than 4 times as many cattle in South Dakota as there are people
d8Xn8 TIL that towards the end of WWI a 'second Paris' was built to fool German bombers into not bombing the real Paris. It was complete with a Champs-Elysées and Gard Du Nord, wooden replicas of buildings, and white, yellow, and red lights to create the effect of machines working at night.
pYBQ8 TIL Delaware is the only state in the U.S. without commercial air service. Most of the population is so close to other states’ airports that it doesn’t matter
WBeN TIL the pages of what became Catcher in the Rye were carried by author J.D. Salinger as he stormed the beach at Normandy on D-Day, through the streets of Paris, and into liberated concentration camps. The story was shaped by his experiences.