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TIL the average American family’s net worth fell by nearly 40% between 2007 and 2010

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NXnQ TIL tempura was introduced to the Japan by the Portuguese
MelrB TIL: The Hawaiian State Bird, the Nene, is descended from the Canadian Goose, who got lost while migrating between Canada and Mexico and just decided to stay in Hawaii half a million years ago.
yQoRp TIL of a couple who willed ~$900k to the U.S. government, believed to be a "thank you" for the freedoms of living in the U.S. after escaping Nazi-controlled territory in WWII
R50Oa TIL Professor Brian C. Kalt of MSU discovered the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment is flawed in that it allows for situations in which a jury is impossible to assemble. If someone ever appealed this to, say, the Supreme Court, the loophole would certainly be closed. However, as is, it DOES exist.
XEWN6 TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army's highest rank "comandante" during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista's regime