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TIL the United States occupied Japan from the end of WWII in 1945 to April of 1952, but the island of Iwo Jima was not returned to Japan until 1968.

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nYmG TIL of the Mandela Effect, where well known words, brands, or historical facts are misremembered in the same way by many people: Kit-Kat is actually spelled KitKat, Fruit Loops is actually Froot Loops, and JCPenny is actually JCPenney.
GnbN TIL Carl Sagan was an avid marijuana user his entire life. “I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, unavailable to us without such drugs”
ok7Y TIL there is an online community that believes that Eminem died in 2006-2007, and the current performer using the moniker is an imposter.
OoGKe TIL roman emperor Diocletian retired in 305 AD to grow cabbages and tend to his vegetable gardens.
epkY5 TIL that lightsaber fights have become an official sport in France. As of 2019, it was the first country in the world to recognize it as such.