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TIL that Amtrak is an independent agency of the US federal government

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5yOr TIL on December 8, 1941 over 81% of American households tuned in to FDR’s “a date which will live in infamy” speech.
RQQ1 TIL that the first gunpowder weapon was actually a melee spear with a one shot flamethrower attached called a fire lance used by the Chinese around year 1000.
jJoE TIL Five Native American Tribes recognize same-sex marriage
Mjxb TIL that if the last of Iberian lynx population died out, it would be the first feline species to become extinct since prehistoric times.
8exwb TIL an International Chess Master tried to advance his career in 1951 by playing against 30 Russian school children at the same time. In the end, he drew 10 and lost the other 20, setting the record for worst simultaneous chess playing in the world.