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TIL that Gerald Ford's presidency caused problems for political cartoonists, as he was considered so nondescript they couldn't work out what to caricature

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6EM97 TIL about the unique funeral rites of the Toraja, a tribal people in Indonesia who care for their deceased relatives long past their time of death.
1YJd TIL that in December of 2000, Congress passed a federal law requiring all Americans to pause at 3 pm local time on Memorial Day to remember and honor the fallen.
4kNng TIL the NOAA gives financial awards to shipping lines who reduce vessel speed to protect whales
KOpOE TIL Operation Wandering Soul was a psychological warfare campaign used by the United States during the Vietnam war where eerie sounds and altered screams were played in battlefields. This exploited the Vietnamese belief that unburied soldiers’ souls would wander in constant pain and suffering
j6yGj TIL not only does it snow in the Sahara desert, but snowfall in Sahara Desert is getting more frequent!