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TIL that all Medal of Honour recipients receive a special license plate (state dependant) to display on their vehicle.

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gMRQ7 TIL Airbrush illustrations require you to cut out little pieces of film, or "frisket", with an X-acto knife and put them back for every area you want to color. I now appreciate Photoshop that much more.
dDZj8 TIL Coco Chanel was a Nazi Agent in WWIi Paris
R70n6 TIL That in the opening minutes of the gulf war, a completely unarmed US electronic attack plane managed to defeat a latest generation (retired in 2014) French built Iraqi Fighter Plane by maneuvering close to the ground leading to the Iraqi plane impacting the ground trying to pursue.
R7Xk7 TIL that Idaho has two time zones split by Northern and Southern Idaho
7R7M TIL that Vincent Chin was beat to death with a baseball bat by two disgruntled Detroit Auto-workers on June 23, 1989. They served no jail-time and only paid a fine of $3000. Because of this, Vincent Chin’s murder is often considered the beginning the Asian American movement for civil rights.