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TIL there are thousands of US cities with worse lead contamination levels than Flint, MI.

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xVk1 TIL a Nisei soldier had his arm shot off as he was about to throw a grenade into a German bunker and then pried the grenade from his severed hand and threw it into the bunker, taking it out. Oh yeah, he’s also the most senior US Senator.
dDMAd TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD
Z8MQp TIL that Benjamin Franklin disliked the bald eagle as a symbol of America, calling it "a bird of bad moral character", and instead preferred the turkey, calling it "a Bird of Courage" who "would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards"
p8lLG TIL that there is a standard for sending internet packets using people and flags
rny4 TIL the RMS Empress of Ireland had a cat named Emmy. She never missed a voyage until May 28, 1914 when she refused to go aboard. The ship left without her and sunk the next day.