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TIL there is an official Alamo cat 🐈.

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5Z6n TIL The US Government will honor all money produced by the US since 1861, with the only exception being a series of 1900 $10,000 bills which were literally thrown out of a window during a fire. They are currently considered to be stolen goods.
b9aa0 TIL that a dog named Pickles helped recover the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy while on a walk with his owner, four months prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was eventually invited to the celebrations when England won the tourney.
W7jB4 TIL: 75 Years Later, Purple Hearts Made for an Invasion of Japan are Still Being Awarded
R7Daa TIL about James Okubo, a Japanese American who was in college when WWII started studying dentistry, he was kicked out and sent to a Japanese internment camp in CA for 2 years. He then joined the Army as a medic and saved 25 men in a battle in 1944, was posthumously awarded the medal of honor in 2000
5krR TIL that the Sega Master System sells roughly 150,000 units per year to this day in Brazil, and continues to get new and exclusive games to the region. It has remained popular in Brazil since its 1989 debut, making it the longest running console of all time.