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TIL Detroit firefighters are being forced to supply their own toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and other basic necessities, or go without.

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p8aLQ TIL Belgium committed Genocide in Congo in a 52-year colonial rule, killing 10-15 million Congolese
bal7 TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969. He was so impacted by it that he promised to disclose every piece of information about UFO sightings if he became president. However, after being elected, he distanced himself from disclosure, citing “defense implications”.
5j9P TIL 37% of Americans plan to work until they get too sick or die
4X51o TIL of Charles Dickinson West who was hired by the Empire of Japan in 1882 to teach steam engine mechanics & mechanical engineering at Tokyo University. He assisted in the development of the Imperial Japanese Navy & was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Meiji in 1905.
QjMX TIL That a man was once charged with assault for defending his property against vandalizing teens, by spraying them with red fox urine.