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TIL "Bushido, the Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobé, generally considered the modern incarnation of the Samurai Bushido code, was largely written in Malvern, Pennsylvania and published in Philadelphia in 1899

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LkZe9 TIL that Giovanni Cassini measured the size of France accurately for the first time during the reign of King Louis XIV. The true size turned out to be much smaller than Louis had expected, and Louis quipped that Cassini had taken more of his kingdom from him than he had won in all his wars.
GYZQQ TIL that Fez's name in That 70's Show was in the script as F.E.S. as in "Foreign Exchange Student"
8a6y8 TIL Vasectomies are reversed successfully 60-75% of the time if done within 10 years
LQ6YZ TIL that in 2015, a M2 machine gun was returned to an Army depot for refurbishment. It was found to have been the 324th M2 made, and that it had been in service since 1921.
QJK16 TIL In 2009 Sunagor launched what they claim to be the world's most powerful commercially available binoculars, going up to 160x magnification with a diameter of 70mm objectives