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TIL of the Hibakusha, survivors of the WWII atomic bombings. As of 2014, 1,000 (including many born in the U.S.) live in the United States and are supported by the Japanese government, but largely ignored by the American government

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jN8eQ TIL that 3 teenagers from a small island in the pacific went missing at sea for 50 days after a drunken midnight trip to an island 200km away in pursuit of a girl
66bQ TIL “… economists have pointed out that if all the money spent on federal antipoverty programs were given to [the poor], a family of four would have an annual income near $70,000. [They] get less than half the money [given] in their name; most goes to fund the bureaucracies that run the programs.”
P1eDe TIL that Charlotte Hughes celebrated her 110th birthday by flying on Concorde - the oldest person to fly on a commercial aircraft. When the Wright Flyer first flew in 1903, she was 26 years old.
n0KG TIL female elephants are frequently bisexual and use their trunks to do the nasty.
x0J5 TIL China is the birthplace of the seismograph. Built in 132 AD, it consisted of 8 metal dragons holding 8 carved balls over 8 frogs. If an earthquake made the ground vibrate, the dragon facing the quake’s source would drop a ball into the mouth of its corresponding frog.