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TIL that during world war 2, members of Japanese segregation camps in America would be investigated for their loyalty to Japan.

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JYkXV TIL That falcons are closer related to parrots and songbirds than to other raptors like eagles
wokZo TIL the fade-out was rare in early music. One of the earliest examples is Haydn's No. 45 symphony (1772) where each musician exited, extinguishing their candle as they left. Gradually only two muted violins remained.
J1758 TIL Reese Witherspoon is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
78py7 TIL in 1985, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) likely helped to facilitate the prison escape of eventual Liberian leader and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.
lJ8a TIL the words hysteria, hysterical & hysterics has the root word hyster, Greek for womb. The ancient Greeks believed women have a wandering womb that would attack their brains every now & then.