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TIL that Italian Americans were not always considered white in America

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KO9xw TIL that the Japanese word "kamikaze," meaning "divine winds," was originally used to refer to the typhoon that all but completely destroyed the Mongol fleet (hastily built by their Chinese and Korean vassals), effectively preventing the second and last Mongol invasion of Japan, in 1281.
J1po1 TIL In 1982 a video game called Custer's Revenge was released for the Atari 2600. Gameplay included the main character General George Custer, sporting a visible erection, attempting to find and "abuse" a native woman tied to a pole.
Lk5Em TIL that there is a certain type of Australian beetle which is threatened with exctinction because the male beetles try to have sex with beer bottles instead of females.
D1DyD TIL that Henry Gunther is considered the last soldier to be killed during World War I. He was shot and killed at 10:59 a.m. about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.
ZJDB TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18, he found out that all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued that that every dollar a child makes before the age of 21 belongs to his parents. Coogan’s law was then passed to protect child actors.