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TIL Betty White has been nominated for an Emmy in six different decades

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dbg7 TIL of Nobuo Fujita, the only person to ever drop a bomb on the contiguous U.S. He was later invited back to the town he unsuccessfully bombed but carried his family’s 400 y/o sword to commit seppuku if he received a hostile reception. He was greeted warmly, and donated the sword to the town instead
awxE0 TIL about physician Fukuchi Masaichi. His research on the subject of human skin brought him into contact with many people that had tattoos. He therefore became interested in 1926 in the art of Japanese tattoo,led autopsies on corpses,removed the skin and did research on methods to preserve the skin.
P190J TIL that LionAir of Indonesia neglected maintenance of their Boeing 737MAX’s sensors for more than a week prior to the accident. The engineer responsible lied to investigators and forged documents about the aircraft’s maintenance history.
REKl TIL that usted in Spanish comes from the phrase “vuestra Merced” which means “your lordship” explaining why it’s grouped with el/ella grammatically. Your Majesty is often used with third person verb forms, such as “Is your Majesty comfortable?”
Rar6 TIL sprint training for 60 minutes a week burns the same amount of body fat in men as jogging for seven hours a week