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TIL: In WW2, the US government took Aleutian natives from their island homes to internment camps, similar to those they banished Japanese Americans to. About 25% did not survive.

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e07QL TIL of Boustrophedon or "Ox-Turning", a method where ancient writers would write left-to-right on one line and right-to-left (mirrored) on the next line, alternating each line until the end of the writing; a method that is easier to read than what we read today.
7nRx TIL Asia has a larger surface area than the moon
6EJv7 TIL that Abraham Lincoln gave great prominence to hats as they would protect him from bad weather, help store important documents and made his height advantage more prominent
16DKV TIL that a chapter in Euclid's geometry received the name of "Bridge of Asses" - Pons Asorum - as it was the first challenging derivation of the book and would serve to separate capable and incapable reasoners
69058 TIL that you are only born with two fears - the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. Every other fear is learned.