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TIL Native Americans considered Richard Nixon to be the best president they ever had

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Y798x TIL about tsukumogami, objects that have acquired a spirit. In Japanese folklore it is believe that when objects reach their 100th birthday they become alive and self-aware.
LkjKr TIL about the Lippisch P.13a, an experimental coal-powered jet fighter designed for Nazi Germany as a result of fuel shortages toward the end of WWII
7jmp TIL As of 2012, thirty-nine states have an “animal-adoption” program in their prisons, where inmates can receive a pet and even let them stay in their cell with them.
Qnoa TIL In China, women who remain unmarried in their late 20s and beyond are called “Sheng nu” which means “leftover women.”
JBY8 TIL llamas are often kept with sheep because when an animal attacks the flock the llamas will attack viciously even to death