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TIL that in 1940, nearly 19 million people lived in the USA colonies, the great bulk of them in the Philippines. That meant slightly more than one in eight of the people in the USA lived outside of the states. For perspective, only about one in 12 of the people in the USA was African American

9wVem TIL the truck from Big Trouble in Little China ended up being owned by a trucker in Vermont, who drove it as a work truck
ndmo TIL it is still illegal to join a Communist Party in the USA
Z6na TIL of the existence of the monstrous cthurkey, an octopus-stuffed turkey with crab legs and bacon
QWgp TIL that in 2009 eleven children were born in Antarctica
PoJV TIL That Mirrors are Often Next to Elevators to Keep People Busy During the Wait