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TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote a training film for the US military called “Our Job in Japan,” meant to train soldiers for the military occupation of the country. It was suppressed by Douglas MacArthur for being too sympathetic to the Japanese.

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dp0r TIL to “brace for impact” you should place your head on, or as close as possible to, the surface it is most likely to strike… not between your knees
a4nb TIL there is a ship capable of sinking under other ships, rising up, and lifting them out of the water so “dry dock” maintenance can be done at sea. Capable of carrying 110,000 tons.
1abmD TIL Every Middle-American Baby Boomer has been Time's Person of the Year at least 3 times: 1966 (The Inheritor), 1969 (Middle Americans), and 2006 (You)
R5rlw TIL about Molly Bears - One woman’s mission to help grieving mothers after miscarriages one bear at a time.
RlVw TIL That in developed countries suicide now takes more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined – and the suicide rate worldwide has jumped 60% since WWII, and has jumped 30% in the US in the last decade alone