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TIL the United States is obliged to go to war for 67 different countries should the situation arise, thanks to decades of complicated treaties.

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X0rEj TIL of Amtor. Edgar Rice Burroughs (author of Tarzan) also wrote a 5-book series set on Venus, which was imagined as a water world. The main character, a human astronaut, meets princesses, becomes a pirate twice in the series, and is crowned a prince after the overthrow of a kingdom.
LkjJr TIL some sixty-six years ago, in the midst of another political firestorm, a senator named Robert C. Hendrickson, a New Jersey Republican, came up with a proposal for another path: a constitutional amendment that would allow Americans, by popular vote, to recall a President.
nN5P TIL Wild cattle inhabits an island, originated from the introduction of 5 animals by a Farmer during his brief attempt at settlement of the island (1871), and had increased to a pop. of 2,000 (1988). They now form one of the only herds of feral cows anywhere in the world.
rNw00 TIL that During Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift's filming, they couldn't acquire a permit for a scene, yet they proceeded. The studio hired a scapegoat "director" to spend a night in jail, avoiding any repercussions.
p8Qb TIL a rape is likelier to result in pregnancy than an incident of consensual sex. That’s even after controlling for birth control and the woman’s age.