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TIL The United States has been in a state of national emergency ever since September 14, 2001

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L0OQ TIL The United States ranks number 1 in number of internet hosts with 505 million. Number 2 is Japan with 64.5 million.
v94L TIL during WW2 Nazi German forces designed explosive laden chocolate bars for Winston Churchill knowing his weakness for them, believing that it’d be an easy way to kill him. They also made explosive laden coal pieces, thermos flasks and mess tins among many others. An alert MI5 foiled these plans.
OWNL TIL red Sour Patch Kids are the exact same candy as Swedish fish, just with the sour sugar.
KOeO9 TIL that, since 1945, the only artists who could have - at one point - claimed to have the biggest selling album of all time were Vaughn Meader (The First Family), Carole King (Tapestry) and the BeeGees (Saturday Night Fever), before Michael Jackson released Thriller in 1984.
XxXE TIL that in front of the Embassy of Japan, there is a statue of a small girl staring at it, representing the comfort women who passed away having waited for true apology from Japan.