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TIL that the first mention of the phrase World War 3 was on a Times magazine article from 1941

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v1M94 TIL that two giant birds attacked and tried to pick up a child in Lawndale, Illinois in 1977. The birds were never identified.
B7lk TIL in 1912, Japan sent the USA some Japanese Cherry Trees as a sign of their blossoming friendship. After WW2, Japan’s Cherry Trees were weak and sick so the USA sent a bunch of them back to reinvigorate their trees!
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