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TIL That Americans Were Eating Sushi in 1905, and that there were Japanese restaurants in most American cities.

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nWlg7 TIL that John Ratcliffe (the bad guy in Pocahontas) was actually for trading with Native American Indians and was disliked for doing this by his fellow colonists. He was eventually killed by Native Americans though by being skinned alive from the feet up by mussel shells
QNWO6 TIL about the 1977 Washington DC hostage taking incident, where a slinter group of the Nation of Islam stormed city hall, a Jewish center, and as Islamic center. They took 149 hostages, two of whom were killed, and demanded the cancellation of a movie about the family of Mohammad.
LQV8Z TIL With medication treatment alone, research found that recurrence rates for bipolar disorder were be anywhere between 40% and 60% over 2 years.
DQDdP TIL the Hooded Pitohui is one of the few known poisonous birds in the world. Native to New Guinea, this bird's feathers and skin contain a neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin the same kind of toxins found in certain poison dart frogs.
OwKX TIL that 85% of bikinis sold never touch the water