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TIL The Chinese purchase more U.S. residential real estate than buyers from any other foreign country

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J1QMB TIL that Indigenous people reclaimed the island of Alcatraz for 19 months.
QJw4L TIL about the Blair Mountain Revolt, the largest armed uprising in the US post-Civil War. Thousands of workers upset at company town policies and poor conditions in the mines staged a mass strike in West Virginia, leading to the President ordering the army and airforce in. 133 died, over 900 jailed.
Wk5Jd TIL The US Government attempted a project in the 60s which involved dropping silver iodide into active hurricanes in hopes of weakening the storms. While it did show promising results for the time, later research into the behavior of cyclones have called the results into question.
p8Zw8 TIL that Princess Diana wouldn't wear Chanel after her divorce as the double CC logo reminded her of Camilla and Charles
ObX TIL Nasa is investigating hidden portals In Earths Magnetic Field