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TIL Japanese beetles did not exist in North America until 1912. They were first observed in a nursery in New Jersey after an international shipment of iris bulbs

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dJMZ TIL When Prince released “1999”, 1999 was as far in the future as it now is in the past (16.3 years).
awL8N TIL that courtroom artists in the UK & Hong Kong draw their sketches from memory as they are not permitted to draw in the court.
9wvoD TIL The concept of using human shields as a weapon of resistance was created by Mahatma Gandhi
6V5w TIL that under a 1868 treaty, the Sioux Indians can reclaim any unused federal lands and, after its closing in 1969, occupied Alcatraz for 18 months.
X0kkk TIL in 2017, a man in Soka, Japan was arrested for stalking and assaulting young girls. He told the police that he copied the plan from the manga "Geiger Counter" where girls were assaulted by a man imitating a utility worker. Police requested that the author be more considerate in future works.