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TIL that the producers of the Sopranos were sued in 2001 by the "American Italian Defense Association" for allegedly violating the Illinois Constitution’s guarantee of individual dignity

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epml6 TIL when the US government began to arrange prisoner exchanges with Japan during WWII it found that less than 10% of the people on Japan's list wanted to be repatriated. It then forged an agreement with 15 Latin American countries to ship their ethnic Japanese to the USA to expand its hostage pool
JApj TIL: Japanese war criminal, Tojo Hideki, attempted suicide after the surrender. He was saved and resuscitated by Allied forces, who then hanged him.
GYvnG TIL the US has been monitoring its own citizens since World War 1.
W76go TIL scammy manufacturers are now making blue USB 2 connectors, so you have to count pins to verify actual USB 3 connectivity
j6E0R TIL that dead acidic lakes were fairly common in the US, Europe and Canada during the 70's and 80's because of acid rain.