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TIL Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly killed by Japan's top fighter ace

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GBR7 TIL that almost the entire population of Pitcairn Island is descended from the 9 mutineers who captured HMS Bounty from Captain Bligh, and that the burned wreck of the Bounty is still visible underwater in Bounty Bay at Pitcairn Island.
jNJ0X TIL that some American insurance companies employ private firefighter brigades to defend the properties of wealthy clients during wildfires.
ZpJnR TIL that throughout the 1600s, ports on the English Channel and south west of England were at the mercy of North African pirates. Men, women and children were kidnapped to be sold as slaves.
ayEy TIL Linnaeus included in his classification of all living beings the class of Animalia Paradoxa, which are animals that are clearly made-up, such as the phoenix, the unicorn, and the pelican
kJ5n5 TIL that whales have earwax and it's used to determine a whale's age.