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TIL that an American former prisoner of war spotted a brutal Japanese official from the POW camp shopping at Sears in Los Angeles in 1946. The official, a US citizen, was subsequently the last person convicted of treason in the US to date.

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VBWdB TIL There are around 300 petroglyph sites on the British Columbia coast, with concentrations on Gabriola Island. Only fewer than 30 can be dated and erosion means it is unlikely ancient carvings would be preserved. The Snuneymuxw request no photographs or rubbings be taken of the petroglyphs
Q5WE TIL we are currently in Earth’s sixth mass-extinction event, also known as the Holocene extinction
DQ9P TIL the income gap between the US and Mexico is the largest of any two adjacent countries in the world
6ExaQ TIL framers of the US Constitution including Ben Franklin and James Madison were inspired by the 117-article constitution of the six-nation Iroquois Confederacy created before European contact. The law was preserved orally and written in wampum symbols that conveyed meaning.
rM0M TIL some people who think they have gluten intolerance might actually be reacting to a difference in the proteins in modern bread caused by quick rise and lack of fermentation of the grains used.