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TIL in 1982 as a protest against actions by the United States federal government, Key West in Florida seceded from and then declared war on the United States, surrendered one minute later and then applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.

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jNjQp TIL of Dr Hazzard who created a sanitarium where patients "fasted" on small amounts of liquids. After an 18 month stint in prison she opened a new sanitarium and continued to supervise fasts. Over 40 people died in her care and she claimed that they passed of undisclosed illnesses.
AGGB TIL during World War II American factory workers produced more than twice their German counterparts and had four times the output of Japanese workers prompting industrialist Donald Douglas to observe, “Here’s proof that free men can out-produce slaves.”
LkZm TIL John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) actually planted apple trees in prime real estate in an effort to sell the land as new settlers flooded into the midwest.
dD5Qr TIL Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. When he moved to Los Angeles, there was already an actor named Michael Douglas, so Keaton flipped through a phone book until he saw the name Keaton and decided to make it his stage name.