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TIL A Canadian was the commander who captured John Wilkes Booth, not an American

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GYNJQ TIL that it was only in 1968 that the Navajo Code Talker program was declassified, and until then the US and not even the Code Talkers own family members had any idea what a big contribution they had made to victory in the Pacific theater during WWII
NXpY1 TIL: In the UK they call Rube Goldberg machines "Heath Robinson contraptions"
gKp7 TIL Geneticists have figured out the time that evolving humans lost their primate body hair by using mitochondrial DNA to calculate the date that head lice evolution diverged from that of public lice.
GY1J4 TIL that the very first western film to play on North Korean state TV was Bend It Like Beckham in order to celebrate a decade of diplomatic ties to the UK
5YmwR TIL that “The Fighting Butlers” were five sons that participated during the American Revolutionary War. George Washington toasted all five Butler brothers at a victory celebration, and Lafayette once said that if he wanted something done well, he’d ask a Butler to do it.