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jk9X TIL Captain America was first published a year prior to Pearl Harbor, when there was still strong isolationist opposition to America becoming involved in World War II
N7Q7e TIL Prime Minister Brian Mulroney forged a deep friendship with the Queen. On Canada Day, the Queen asked to clear some time in her schedule to relax with the Mulroneys. A glass of wine in hand, the Queen kicked off her shoes, put her feet up and started to chat to him about "free spirits"
YVEP TIL pandemonium comes from John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, and is a contraction of pan (all) and demonium (demons).
DJYV TIL there’s an annual “Bowie vs. Prince” bike ride in Portland that’s been going on since 2008.
Mb7V TIL A Princeton study found US to be an oligarchy, not a democracy