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TIL that during the war, Vietnamese children thought the American soldiers were blind because they had blue eyes and wore sunglasses all the time.

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pY1ab Til that Nicholas Trist the amassador sent to negotiate the end to the Mexican American war was fired from his post by president Polk. Trist responded by ignoring Polk’s order to return to the US and continued to negotiate the end of the war with Mexico.
oRYJ7 TIL if you time-traveled to the early 1500's, roughly one million of your direct ancestors would be going about their lives on Earth (one million great great great great gr..... grandparents). If they didn't all procreate you wouldn't be alive today.
oBYdW TIL Theodore Roosevelt had A LOT of pets. His family had a badger, rabbits, a macaw, several guinea pigs, multiple horses, a pony, multiple dogs, a bear, a lizard, a hen, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, and a rabbit.
5YXLB TIL Great Western train company apologised when passengers were shocked by announcement made after a fatality on the line. "Someone couldn't be bothered to live any more. Because of this, there are severe delays. Some of you have missed your connecting flights for the Bank Holiday".
d8OXd TIL that statisticians, Ruth O'Brien and William Shelton, tried to make standardized U.S clothing sizes for women in the 1940s by measuring 15,000 women. They came up with a three part sizing system due to the diversity in body shapes. It was rejected because it was too difficult for manufacturing.