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TIL Every president has their own secure/private ZIP code that goes directly to their office

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7KnL TIL: Navajo Nation is the largest Native American territory in the United States. They have their own Constitution, with a Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive Branch. If compared to the size of other states, it would be the 42 largest state:
ZbKG TIL that 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas went to Brazil, six or seven times that of the United States.
4XQYX TIL about Kiyoshi Shimizu, a Japanese journalist that helped solved a series of child kidnaping cases and released an innocent man from further prosecution. He also helped solved the murder of Shiori Ino which led to the changes to legal treatment of stalking in Japan
5YgAk TIL about popsicles that don’t melt. After the 2011 tsunami, scientists helping strawberry farmers in Japan salvage damaged crops accidentally discovered that liquid polyphenol extracted from the berries caused cream to solidify. This lead to Kanazawa Ice pops, which can stay frozen up to an hour.
rNLao TIL that after singer George Michael crashed his car into the front of a 'Snappy Snaps' store in Hampstead, north London in 2010, somebody graffitied in the dent of the shop the word "Wham".