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TIL this year (2025) will be the only perfect square year of my lifetime

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v1Zmj TIL of the Japanese Economic Miracle whereby Japan's GDP went from $91 billion in 1965 to $1.065 trillion in 1980 & was the world's 2nd largest economy. This was achieved through "shūshin koyō" or the guarantee of employment in big corporations & highly unionized blue-collar jobs.
JdRj TIL when Mark Wahlberg was 16, “he was charged with attempted murder for beating a Vietnamese refugee with a metal hook, leaving the victim blind. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but served just 45 days.”
okmR TIL NASA’s first trip into space was made possible by Katherine Johnson, an African American scientist who was in charge of calculating the rocket’s flight trajectory. Her work was so trusted that, even after NASA had switched to computers, they would call on her to check for any mistakes.
4Dmw TIL on his 1909 safari, Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit killed a total of 17 lions, 11 elephants, and 20 rhinoceros. After the year-long hunt, “the expedition collected 1,100 specimens, including 500 big game.”
v80B TIL in 1968, a cash-laden bank vehicle was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved