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TIL a woman named Akiko Takakura survived the Hiroshima bombing while being only 300m away from the hypocenter

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b6kaE TIL John Hinckley Jr. the guy who shot President Ronald Reagan along w/ three others during a assassination attempt in 1981 is now a Youtuber and musician.
Lm6Q TIL of Jean Jaurès, a French socialist who predicted world war one and tried to organize global strikes to prevent it. He was assassinated before his plans could be realized.
Ro1a TIL that in states that have legalized no-fault divorce, domestic violence rates dropped by 30 percent, and female suicide declined between 8 and 16 percent, while showing no lasting effect on divorce rates.
Wd78 TIL the Dinkleberg family name from The Fairly OddParents is in reference to the term “D.I.N.K.”, meaning “Dual Income No Kids”, attributing to their wealth.
grloW TIL that Walt Disney believed to have introduced "Donald Duck" character after hearing about famous duck-out of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman through newspapers in US as Bradman's duck became a hot-topic in across US. Bradman scored duck in Australia's cricket tour of North America in 1932.