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TIL Iran had pro-American riots in 1919

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E1D8p TIL that in 1970, the state commission of Mississippi voted to ban Sesame Street because of its multicultural cast.
yVL6e TIL That children who live with unrelated males most commonly their moms' boyfriends or husbands, are almost 50 times more likely to die violently then kids who live with both their biological parents.
dD8Z7 TIL that 67% of all fire departments in the United States are entirely or mostly staffed by volunteers
VMOOp TIL in 2006 muggers accosted magician David Copperfield, who promptly turned all of his pockets empty despite carrying his wallet, cell phone and passport
waN6 TIL of a P51 fighter pilot captured by the Japanese after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Under torture for info about the Manhattan Project - which he was ignorant of - Marcus McDilda made up a lie that the US had 100 bombs and that Tokyo was the next target. Japan soon surrendered.