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TIL The Ukrainian famine—known as the Holodomor, a combination of the Ukrainian words for “starvation” and “to inflict death”—by one estimate claimed the lives of 3.9 million people, about 13 percent of the population

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wo5n8 TIL that on the landing of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, the ICAO organization that gives code letters for airports issued its first non-Earth code: JZRO.
mx1LM TIL that military service dogs in the US have higher ranks than their handlers.
aw78J TIL The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family’s 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
9YnMM TIL Michael Jackson wanted to play the part of Professor X in the X-Men franchise.
KOR74 TIL That during the 50s the Canadian Broadcasting Company Was a Supporter of PoC In The TV Industry. They Gave Sammy Davis Jr. a Half Hour Special to Launch the Show Parade When The Majority of US Stations Wouldn’t