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TIL 20% of the population of the Six Nations tribes fought in WW2. The Choctaw language baffled German codebreakers, and Iroquois, who had officially declared war during WW1 and never made peace, officially declared war on Germany again during WW2.

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l79X1 TIL the Abenaki word for "white man" awanoch is a combination of the words awani meaning "who" and uji meaning "from". Thus, the word for "white man" literally translates to "Who is this man and where does he come from?"
197W TIL an obscure mathematical principle called Zipf’s law has predicted the size of mega-cities all over the world. And nobody knows why.
xVnbw TIL of a Jain festival “Kshamavani” (Forgiveness Day) wherein the followers ask for forgiveness, of all your dear ones, everyone whom they may have wronged, knowingly or unknowingly.
69BVm TIL: In 1971, American Airlines had piano bars on their aircraft
epD6D TIL in 1926 Brazil had a president with name of Washington but it took a coup d’état,putting an end to Milk coffee politics and starting a new era, the Vargas Era in 1930.Washington Luis served as the last president of the First Brazilian Republic.