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TIL Lake Superior is so voluminous it could cover the entire area of the United States in over 4 feet of water

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v1xGB TIL that when future Czar Nicholas II visited Japan in 1891, he came back to Russia with a dragon tattoo and was nearly assassinated by a Japanese policeman who swung a sword at his face
oBDer TIL that there used to be a BUS service between London and Calcutta in the 1960s. The double-decker bus was known as Albert and the trips covering 7957 KM in 110 days & cost £145.
Ng06 TIL That Alexandre Dumas was black, and suffered at the hands of racism for most of his life, yet still was celebrated as France’s most widely read writer having written ‘The Three Musketeers’ and 'The Count of Monte Cristo’.
AN9nx TIL, out of top ten Air Forces in the world, USA occupies 4 spots. US Air Force is 1st, US Army Aviation branch is 2nd, US Naval Air Force is 4th and US Marine Corps Aviation is 7th. Talk about overkill.
kJwNe TIL Hong Kong was attacked by Japan the same day as their attack on Pearl Harbor.