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TIL that a Bonsai tree survive during atomic bomb at Hiroshima and is now present in U.S National Arboretum.

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8akwX TIL a principal once punished a mischievous student by making him read the U.S. Constitution in a basement until he could recite it. The student, Thurgood Marshall, would go on to become the first black associate Justice of the Supreme Court
lja1 TIL the average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year
DQ5ge TIL: When Pokémon was first released in the U.S. in 1998, the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas officially renamed the city to "ToPikachu". This was repeated by the Mayor in 2018 with the release of the "Pokemon: Let's Go" games.
9Ow7 TIL there is a sport call Archery Tag that is basically like dodgeball, but with foam-tipped arrows.
vDZj TIL that the movies Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, The Adjustment Bureau, Screamers and Paycheck (among others) are all based on short stories by author Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982)