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8e16a TIL that American citizens must have a valid U.S. passport to enter American Samoa
69Nm7 TIL The National City Bank Of New York Convinced The US Government to Invade Haiti in 1909
Nad8 TIL that the F-117A stealth fighter shot down by the Serbians in 1999 was picked up on radar because it had opened its internal bomb doors - the open doors increased its radar profile, allowing a SAM missile crew to get a lock on.
Yp4Wx TIL Jackie Chan sang "I'll Make a Man Out of You" for the Mandarin AND Cantonese versions of Mulan (1998)
xV4yw TIL that "!?" and "?!" have a name - interrobang. It was proposed by the head of an advertising company, Martin K. Speckter.