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TIL that America imported 1600 high-ranking Nazis to come live in the South right after WW2. It was called "Operation Paperclip". The American people even celebrated one of them as a celebrity.

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v1Yvj TIL because of JFK's assassination, US Presidents are no longer allowed to drive on public roads after they've taken office. Even after out of office.
XEeD8 TIL the US Postmaster General is the 2nd highest paid US government official behind the president.
d9Wd TIL that Chuck Palahniuk’s grandfather killed his wife and children before turning the shotgun on himself. Chuck’s father hid under the bed and was the only survivor, but was later murdered by his girlfriend’s ex-husband.
AoRa TIL Many European zoologists believed that birds hibernated under the sea or flew to the moon in winter until 1822, when a stork was found in Germany with an arrow from Central Africa embedded in its neck, providing the first clear evidence of migration.