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TIL that when Eisenhower planned to visit Japan in 1960, the government called on Yakuza bosses to lend tens of thousands of their men as security guards.

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B4Xk TIL the city of New York will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person if they have a guaranteed place to stay
OmJ7 TIL Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings due to “family obligations.” Thank you, Nicolas Cage.
wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.
VnW0 TIL that Saddam Hussein wrote four novels before the Iraq War under the pen name, “He Who Wrote It.”
e0a4 TIL New Ant Species Discovered in the Amazon Likely Represents Oldest Living Lineage of Ants