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TIL in 1992 President G.H.W. Bush got sick during a state event in Japan and vomited into the lap of Japans Prime Minister Miyazawa.

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OKea TIL In WW2, The Allies estimated German average monthly tank production using statistical analysis of their serial numbers. They were off by one.
b9yJ0 TIL golfers were arrested in South Carolina for teeing it up on a Sunday – a clear violation of the state’s Blue Laws. The laws, which were heavily influenced by the Ten Commandments, were strictly enforced by Governor John G. Richards.
9Y1Jm TIL there's a demographer and sociologist named Elizabeth Wrigley-Field.
PYVKw TIL The National Archives sells a replica of the Resolute desk for $8000.
rNwX1 TIL the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog is being bred in captivity in order to preserve the species.