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TIL a persian astronomer discovered Andromeda Galaxy way back in 964 AD

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9Yyrr TIL Neil Young wrote the song "Ohio" days after the Kent State Shootings that left 4 students dead and 9 others wounded on May 4, 1970. The song has since been described as the greatest protest record ever written.
ogyE TIL Nazi Germany had the most powerful anti-smoking campaign in the world. Smoking was banned on public transportation, restricted in public spaces, and was openly criticized by Hitler himself.
yVNMp TIL Japan has a high adoption rate - but most of the adoptees are middle aged men
R5DGl TIL Walter Cronkite initially came to fame as a war reporter during WW2. Cronkite was the first American to do an uncensored report on Operation Torch, flew in bombing raids, fired a machine gun at a German fighter, covered the Nuremberg Trials, and was a reporter in Moscow from 1946-48.
x6Bn0 TIL Maya Rudolph (actress and comedian) is Minnie Riperton’s (famous singer) daughter!