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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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x5Kk TIL that the act of hitting something until it works is called “Percussive maintenance”.
wRV7 TIL about Dan Burros an American Nazi who died by suicide after the New York Times published that he was actually Jewish.
QJRAL TIL Metallica’s debut album, Kill Em’ All, was originally supposed to be named “Metal Up Your Ass”
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