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TIL more Americans live in Mexico City than Wyoming.
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TIL that there was a real, radium based, alcoholic drink known as the “Atomic Cocktail” that was served in missile shaped bottles. They had adverse effects after prolonged exposure, but could cure minor fevers, headaches, and depression.
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TIL that under current South Korean laws if war breaks out South Korea doesn’t want to control its own military instead it wants the Americans to tell them what to do
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TIL in the 1960s, convincing newly formed African countries to align with the US was crucial in the Cold War but racism towards African diplomats was making it difficult. JFK introduced civil rights bill as a result which eventually led to the Civil Rights Act.
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TIL Lisa Nowak operated the robotic arm on the International Space Station and also became the first astronaut ever to be arrested. She is remembered for wearing maximum-absorption garments—government-issued astronaut diapers—during her 950-mile drive from Houston to Orlando
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TIL Mozart's middle name is not Amadeus. It's a latinized version of his real middle name Theophilus and probably facetious.