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TIL the Korean War had a higher rate of civilian casualties than the Vietnam War

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awAmb TIL tea was so important to wartime Britain, that in 1942 the government attempted to purchase all the tea in the world
OongY TIL On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the U.S Senate Commerce Committee requesting funds to help support the growth of a new concept. National Public Television.
gMVJ9 TIL Genital Herpes (HSV2) dates back millions of years. Scientists found that early ancestors (Homo Erectus) most likely contracted it from another early hominin (Parathropus Boisei). Probably likely through scavenging ancestral chimp meat.
ADEjg TIL that Gustav Holst composed an orchestral suite, The Planets, with seven movements, one for each of the non-Earth planets. The piece was composed in the 1910s and Pluto was excluded because it wasn't discovered until 1930. The piece remains accurate even today... for now.
WkwQ9 TIL Henry VI may have had a "sex coach", evidence suggests Henry and his wife, Margaret of Anjou, were occasionally joined by “trusted attendants” in the bedroom.