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TIL George Takai was in a Japanese Internment Camp during WWII.

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m1ro TIL that in 2009 a California police officer meant to use her taser on an unruly man in the back seat of her cruiser, but accidentally drew her gun. She shot the guy in the chest and killed him.
E48X TIL there is one person in the world with “Syndrome X” which prevents normal aging. Brooke Greenberg is 20 and appears to be one year old.
AN0ag TIL oaks support more life than any other tree in north America
JYBD8 TIL of Twilight Sleep, a popular childbirth practice that was supposedly pain-free because it erased the memory of the birth by putting the women in a semi-narcotic state. In reality, women thrashed, banged their heads, clawed, screamed, were bound, and laid in their own vomit and waste.
nxRB TIL: The first guy to win Who Wants to be a Millionaire used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn’t need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.