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TIL there was legitimate sites fights between Chinese and Japanese troops in plain WW2

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ANwK7 TIL the planet Mercury has a comet-like tail 15-million miles (24 million kms) long. The tail is made of sodium atoms blasted off of the surface of the planet by the Sun and small meteorite impacts. The tail is very faint, invisible to the naked eye.
D1yEe TIL that the Canadian cities of Toronto and Montreal are further south than American cities of Seattle and Portland (OR)
yelX TIL During an underground nuclear test in 1957, the cap on top of the shaft was blasted into the air at about 66 km/s. It is believed that this was the first manmade object in space.
R7Q0Q TIL: In 2016, a Utah woman sued herself for the wrongful death of her own husband. The woman was driving with her husband when she flipped her car, killing him. Because she was his named heir, the woman sued herself on behalf of her husband's estate and ultimately inherited the money from the suit.
exBE TIL If you denounce a Mexican drug cartel on social media they might kill you.