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TIL the glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher

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ZlVY TIL the American aircraft carrer USS Harry S. Truman will never be forward deployed to Japan as a sign of respect to the Japanese as Truman approved the use of atomic weapons on Japan
p8DG4 TIL of the sitdown strike from 36’-37’ which an organized group of workers, usually employed at factories or other centralized locations, take unauthorized or illegal possession of the workplace by "sitting down" at their stations. Costing GM close to 3 billion in today’s market
ADB44 TIL the coelacanth, a prehistoric lobed-finned fish, was believed to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous Era 66 millions years ago, until they were rediscovered extant off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
womGE TIL about the "Condordski" – the ill-fated Soviet answer to the Concorde
Z8ElB TIL Sloppy handwriting of doctors kills more than 7,000 people annually due to getting the wrong medication.