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TIL the USS Pueblo crewmen stuck up their middle finger in photos when they were captured in North Korea. They said it was a “Hawaiian Good Luck sign”. Then the TIME magazine ran a photo and wrote the real explanation. The next day the Koreans found out what it meant, and the crewmen were tortured.

47Mo TIL that of over 7,300 U.S. state legislators, only one, a Nebraskan, is openly atheistic
ne7Qd TIL You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.
0dXw5 TIL: Humans and bananas share about 40 to 60 percent of the same DNA
9wVAm TIL dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan
GYM9E TIL about the Milford massacre. 52 European settlers of Milford, MN were killed in 1 day by a band of Dakota Sioux.