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TIL that USA not only refused to pay reparations to Vietnam but also asked them to return the money "South Vietnam borrowed".

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Oo8WR TIL of the "Fighting McCook" family of Ohio. Two brothers, Daniel & John, & thirteen of their sons were involved in the Union army, making the family one of the most prolific in American military history. Six McCooks reached the rank of brigadier general or higher.
VBLom TIL Pediatric dentists create Game Boy with nitrous oxide feed
91ZQ TIL When a Canadian nuclear reactor melted down in the 1950s, Jimmy Carter was one of the Americans sent to help. His crew built an exact replica of the reactor on a Tennis court to practice disassembling it, and had to enter and take apart the reactor one piece at a time, 90 seconds at a time.
VMl00 TIL that Peter the Great of Russia was 6'8" (203cm) in a time when the average Russian man was about 5'3" (163cm) tall
rvde TIL of the Byford Dolphin diving bell accident, where a human error caused a decompression chamber to go from 9 atmospheres of pressure to 1 in less than a second. Out of the 5 dead, one was ripped apart so violently pieces of him were found over 30 feet away.