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TIL that typing an asterisk at the start of a sentance in Microsoft word automatically creates a bullet point.

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X04p6 TIL After Japan’s defeat in WW2 the US made Okinawa switch to driving on right side, they switched back to left side driving when returned to Japanese control in 1978
64rJ TIL 56% of people in Vermont describe themselves as nonreligious.
MeRLB TIL that after the American Civil war some 10,000 to 20,000 Confederates fled to Brazil, founding the city of Americana near São Paulo. Today their descendents called "Confederados" have an annual festival marked by Confederate flags, uniforms, hoop skirts, and foods like fried chicken.
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