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TIL That in the United States people weigh the least shortly before Thanksgiving

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nKN9 TIL That Hazel Ying Lee, a Chinese-American WWII pilot, had two forced landings. One landing took place in a Kansas wheat field. A farmer, pitchfork in hand, chased her around the plane while shouting to his neighbors that the Japanese had invaded Kansas.
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