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TIL Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was gay, as well as NASA’s first LGBT+ astronaut (that we know of).

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GAYrN TIL that Japan introduced radio exercise programs to the public as a way to celebrate Emperor Hirohito's coronation in 1928. The idea was inspired by the radio exercise program produced by an American insurance company in the 1920s.
pYw9Z TIL of Operation Downfall, the plan to land troops on mainland Japan during WW2 if they had not surrendered. The plan involved over 600,000 troops, and 15 tactical nuclear strikes. Every Purple Heart awarded since WW2 was made in preparation for this plan.
NXGJQ TIL that renouncing US citizenship results in permanent loss of gun rights even if that person regains citizenship. (18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(7))
jNOgp TIL that there is a psychological disorder called Boanthropy in which the afflicted believes that they are a cow/ox and behaves as such.
RaRQ TIL People with little or no skill suffer from a false feeling of superiority, this “Dunning-Kruger effect” was originally noted by Charles Darwin and its modern proponents won a Nobel prize for its documentation.