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TIL in 1968, US prisoners captured by North Korea repeatedly gave their propaganda photographers ‘the finger’ in photos, claiming it was a 'Hawaiian good-luck gesture’

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v04D TIL that the last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically: This is the End.
J8WQ TIL in the 60’s the us army did an experiment,where two people without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to public available documents. They succeeded!
4D45 TIL Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, was the first president to be born in a hospital.
D1Vdg TIL in 1997, Texas commissioners tried to designate “heaven-o” as their county’s official greeting. The reason, “hello” contains “hell”.
QN5d TIL that the Toyota Truck driven by Marty McFly in Back to the Future III was later stolen, taken to Mexico, used by the Cartels, recovered and is now being restored.