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TIL a Japanese man imprisoned after the Fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War said that when he got out in 1988 there were still 5 American POWs in the prison he was in

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6E9y8 TIL that the US could fit 3,066 of Rhode Island, its smallest state. There would be a minimum of 9,198 Members of Congress if this were the case.
j64Wn TIL that Jonathan the tortoise was born 29 years before the US Civil War and is still alive today
VMnN4 TIL that Will Arnett had 16 years sober before relapsing in 2016 while filming the show Flaked, in which he ironically plays an alcoholic struggling with his addiction.
9YBp TIL that there is a group of US millionaires who want to be taxed at a higher rate in order to benefit the US economy. Patriotic Millionaires For Fiscal Strength
g6gy TIL that during the depression when the flour companies learned that poor Americans were sewing flour bags together to make clothing they started packing their flour in pretty patterned packing material to encourage potential dress makers to buy their flour