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TIL that most post-war homes build in Japan are practically disposable: they have almost no resale value and typically last no longer than 30 years,

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wLWXJ TIL about the Great Hanging at Gainesville, a confederate war crime where 41 suspected unionists were executed in October of 1862
P4Ve TIL that there is only one city in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
aw8By It might surprise you that some of the world’s deadliest animals save millions of human lives—one day they might even save yours. In this week’s Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Zoltan Takacs reveals how venomous creatures could be the future of pharmacology.
d85LE TIL In 1969 Mister Rogers' and Officer Clemmons of "Mister Rogers' neighborhood" shared a pool in episode 1065 . This marked the first time in TV history an African American was portrayed swimming with a White. Clemmons hoped "the world would change" after the airing of the episode
rj0d TIL about the Treaty of Watertown, the first foreign treaty signed by the United States, establishing a military alliance with Wabanaki First Nations; To this day, Wabanaki citizens of Canada are allowed to join the U.S. military