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TIL America has been at war for 214 years, but at peace for only 21

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nWGVG TIL it's humanly impossible to fold a piece of standard notebook paper in half more than 7 times. But if you were able to fold it 26 times, the thickness would near the height of Mount Everest (6,710 meters).
vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
gM6AD TIL of Steve Hodel, an LA homicide detective who believes his deceased father killed the Black Dahlia, after finding a picture of him with Elizabeth Short. He later discovered his father had been one of the prime suspects at the time of the murder.
VMpRQ TIL of Major General Peter Conover Hains who is believed to be the only person to have served in both the American Civil War and WWI. he retired at the mandatory retirement age of 64 but was recalled to active duty out of retirement at the age of 77 in 1917 to serve in WWI as an engineer.
o66o TIL that Michael Jackson would requested his wine be served in Diet Coke cans during flights, because he didn’t want his kids to see him drinking alcohol.