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TIL thousands of Japanese-Americans served in the U.S. army as segregated unit (442nd) during WWII while their families were locked up in internment camps and became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.

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Rjjj TIL “Spirit Halloween” shops that pop up around Halloween are owned by Spencer Gifts and make up nearly half of the company’s revenue in the two months they’re open each year.
Me4jB TIL there once existed the Silver Republican Party, a US political party that split from the Republican Party in the 1890s over the issues of bimetallism and free silver. It disbanded in the early 1990s and most of its members joined the GOP, but some went to the Democrats.
0wdBL TIL Nikita Khrushchev travelled to the US, fell in love with corn and Iowans, and sought to bring it back to the USSR and outproduce the US
ZpxvB TIL Bob Barker donated 5 million USD to help purchase a ship which is used in anti whaling and anti illegal fishing operations. The ship was christened the M/Y Bob Barker.
6E0bW TIL despite being hospitalized for E.Coli from eating at Chipotle, a 19-yr-old woman told her lawyer to ask for free Chipotle burrito coupons to be included in her settlement. Chipotle paid her an undisclosed sum of money plus gave her about 3 dozen free burrito coupons.