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TIL The FDR Memorial in Washington DC was designed to be accessible to people with physical impairments. However, vision-impaired visitors complained that the braille was illegible due to improper dot spacing, and in some cases was placed eight feet off the ground.

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rj0d TIL about the Treaty of Watertown, the first foreign treaty signed by the United States, establishing a military alliance with Wabanaki First Nations; To this day, Wabanaki citizens of Canada are allowed to join the U.S. military
e0r9L TIL there is a store in Alabama where you can buy items found in unclaimed airport baggage
v1lML TIL of Takayama Ukon, a 1500s Japanese Daimyo who converted to Catholicism and is a candidate for Sainthood in the Vatican. If canonized, Takayama will be the first Samurai saint, the only Daimyo saint, and since he was exiled to the Philippines for being a Christian, the third Filipino saint.
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