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TIL One of the states of the Federated States of Micronesia is Yap, which controls the Yap Islands.

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kEam TIL James Stewart is the highest-ranking actor in military history (Brigadier General). He was World War II and Vietnam War Veteran and Licensed Commercial Pilot. In 1996, he was due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but opted not to, preferring to let things happen naturally.
QJD5X TIL that the US has refused to continue funding the nuclear claims tribunal set up to compensate islanders that suffered radiation-related diseases from testing. So far it's paid less than $4 million of a $2.2 billion damage judgement. More than half of the affected islanders have died since.
leQB TIL that a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWII was the son of a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWI.
p8XDQ TIL during the French Restoration, Colonel Barbier-Dufai and Captain Raoul de Vere dueled over an insult to the latter's cockade. After de Vere was disarmed four times they decided to tie their left arms together and stab each other to death with daggers in the back of a carriage. De Vere lost again
7Mlb TIL that in 2010, when Google replaced their logo with playable Pacman, users spent an extra 36 seconds on the page. Assuming this time was wasted, it resulted in a $120M loss in man hours.