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TIL that Okinawa Island, captured from Japan during the War in the Pacific, remained under American administration until 1972

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jN8Ap TIL that the Confederate States' Flag actually looks like the Betsy Ross Flag. The flag most believe to be the "Confederate Flag" is actually one of the Confederate Battle flags.
ZVwY TIL the Big Island of Hawaii has 10 of the world’s 13 climatic zones making it one of the most diverse climate systems on earth.
m8mE TIL some game companies made the game harder if it was pirated rather than implementing DRM
WkOrY TIL Tomato ketchup was introduced to the United States in 1834 as a purported medicine and sold in pill form.
W9ON TIL Freckles, a goat in Utah, was implanted with spider genes as an embryo to produce spider silk protiens in her milk which is used to make “biosteel,” a material stronger than kevlar.