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TIL that the Chinese have developed a type of rice that can survive on seawater

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W75W4 TIL the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington Virginia is actually named the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial.
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w7gP TIL that in early feudal Japan there was a class of female Samurai called Onna-Bugeisha who commonly engaged in battle alongside the men and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war.
kJ1X1 TIL that the night before his inauguration as Vice President, Andrew Johnson attended a party in his honor at which he drank heavily. The following morning, a hungover Johnson delivered a rambling, incoherent address in the Senate Chamber as Abraham Lincoln, the Congress, and dignitaries looked on.
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