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TIL NORAD has had to intercept 12-18 Russian bombers annually at the Canadian border since 2007.

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XERJP TIL the U.S banned books and films about Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in Japan as well as all satirical cartoons of General MacArthur.
oBa07 TIL of French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud. He invented the Théâtre Optique, a device for projecting film made several years before the cinematograph (the first widespread projector). Reynaud made the first animated films ever but threw them into a river in a fit of depression. All but one is lost
G0O1 TIL Shipping containers filled with Vancouver’s garbage were illegally shipped to the Philippines, caught in customs, and then left to rot for years causing a minor international incident.
4Llb TIL Morocco was the first nation to recognize American independence from the British Empire. In honor of this fact, Thomas Jefferson held a Ramadan celebration at the White House when he became President.
epZMJ TIL that a group of Jews came to China around 10th century and lived in the heart area of China, Henan province where Yellow River flows and Chinese originated, till middle 19th century when finally broken by wars, all while maintaining their Jewish identity and traditions and even Hebrew language