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TIL of Nobuo Fujita, the only person to ever drop a bomb on the contiguous U.S. He was later invited back to the town he unsuccessfully bombed but carried his family’s 400 y/o sword to commit seppuku if he received a hostile reception. He was greeted warmly, and donated the sword to the town instead

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