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TIL of the town Metaline WA whose townfolks blocked and protected the Kubota, a Japanese-American family, in 1942 from resettlement by vouching for their loyalty.

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Y7pPx TIL about Fordlandia, a city in Brazil that Henry Ford tried to build as a social Utopia. The city had different neighborhoods, the white American one with running water and great views, and the local one with well water. Still a city today, but no longer a social experiment.
YpQnA TIL that James Barry - a military surgeon, born in 1789, who did first successful caesarean section in Africa, was a female.
166GV TIL Men are twice as likely to engage in gambling as women (69% compared to 36%) and they are 2.5 times as likely to have gambling problems (20.1% compared to 7.8%)
XNbE TIL the SR-71 BlackBird traveled from New York to London in under 2 hours
y0Vp TIL Orlando, a ginger cat, competed and won against stock-picking professionals at the stock market. The cat picked at random, while the professionals used traditional stock-picking methods. At the end of the year, the cat had £542.60 profit, compared to the professionals’ £176.60 profit.