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TIL in 1969 North Korea shot down a US surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board and that the US did not retaliate at all.

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MeLV TIL mini golf was invented in 1867 because women couldn’t play ‘real golf’ because Victorian manners meant women couldn’t raise clubs over their shoulders on backswings.
OxWY TIL George Washington was not in favor of political parties claiming in his farewell address that it would lead to “inter-political conflict, divide the nation, and give rise to cases of tyranny.”
VRd8 TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”
eomk TIL In Europe about 3% of the population has a panic attack in a given year while in the United States they affect about 11%. They are more common in females than males.
rNJQx TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.