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TIL The US military wasn’t allowed to invade North Vietnam. Resulting in the use of an extreme amount of heavy bombing as effectively the only way to attack the North’s forces within the North.

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YpZGW TIL: Tennessee State Representative Harry Burn was the deciding vote that led to the ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in the U.S. He said: “I know that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification.”
BgGZr TIL that there are trees that benefit from being struck by lightning.
5VdBp TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory
DXvD TIL Taylor Swift accidentally released an 8 second track of white noise onto iTunes. It reached the top of the Canadian charts almost instantly.
kJrj7 TIL The bloodiest day in U.S. Military History was June 6, 1944 with 2,500 deaths. (D-day). The bloodiest day for U.S. born soldiers was Sept. 17, 1862 with 3,675 deaths. (Antietam)