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TIL that Richard Nixon is the only US president to be born on the west coast, and in any mainland state west of Texas

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Lkwep TIL that the Milgram Experiment, in which participants believed they were shocking people, was flawed. Many suspected that the shocks were fake. Subjects who thought they were truly shocking others were much more likely to defy the experimenter and refuse to proceed.
xQ50 TIL that enough Purple Hearts were manufactured during WWII in anticipation of massive casualties encountered during the proposed invasion of Japan, that there still is a surplus of over 100,000 today
yZeV TIL that there is a law in São Paulo that prohibits advertising such as that of outdoor posters.
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