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TIL the US Post Office sells a $25 stamp that’s required for duck hunting. The proceeds go to conservation efforts.

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Y7Omd TIL That boxing legend George Foreman has five sons, each named George Edward Foreman, and a daughter named Georgetta.
AD9el TIL that Ahmed Best, voice actor for Jar Jar Binks, became suicidal after the massive societal backlash against the character he played.
Z8QXv TIL that the West Indie's top cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite was scrawny as a kid, and got bullied by his Combermere School (Barbados) bus mates. A girl, 4 years his senior, protected him. She beat up the bullies & took Kraigg on her lap. Her name: Robyn Fenty, a.k.a. Rihanna.
VM1oD TIL about Harry Haft, a Polish boxer in the 40's who was trained in Auschwitz by Nazis to fight to the death for the amusement of military personel. He retired after fighting Rocky Marciano.
vPwZ8 TIL the first Asian-American settlement was the fishing village of Saint Malo, in present-day Louisiana. It was settled by Filipino deserters of the Spanish navy and escaped slaves in as early as 1763.