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TIL that Italian Americans were not always considered white in America

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7r4ep TIL: Due to their thick, muscular tail, Kangaroos cannot walk forward or backward. They can only jump forward.
BrvBL TIL about 6 Tongan teenage boys who were shipwrecked and lived on the uninhabited island 'Ata for 18 months (1965-1966). The boys had set up a small commune, with a vegetable garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to collect water, a gym with odd weights, a badminton court, and a permanent fire.
dDpa7 TIL the Dothraki language in Game of Thrones was developed for the show by linguist David J. Peterson, based on a few words from the books, mostly names. Before filming, he had expanded the vocabulary to over 1,700 words, drawing inspiration from Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Inuktitut and Estonian.
WxgL TIL in response to 9/11, leaders that vehemently denouncing the attacks included the Presidents of Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Libya, Syria, Iran and Pakistan. The sole exception was Saddam Hussein, who said that “the American cowboys are reaping the fruit of their crimes against humanity”.
v1NW8 TIL the Turkish Straits crisis was an opening salvo of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union tried to take over two key channels in order to control Black Sea naval traffic. Stalin threatened to invade Turkey from the Balkans, prompting the Truman Doctrine of capitalist aid that put the country in NATO