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TIL that Americans work more and take less vacation than Japanese

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E1wYV TIL FDR was almost killed by a US warship in WWII. During a secret trans-Atlantic trip, he asked for ship demos. One accidentally fired a torpedo at FDR's ship (which moved fast enough to avoid the hit). Afterward, the destroyer was routinely greeted with the hail "Don't shoot! We're Republicans!"
ZEYo TIL that on average, Hitler’s name appears in the Congressional Record 7.7 times per month.
l7Pd1 TIL that there are two shipwrecks that touch each other in Apra Harbor in Guam. The interesting part of this is that one wreck - German SMS Cormoran - was sunk in WW1, and the other - Japanese Tokai Maru - was sunk in WW2.
yQknl TIL after Hurricane Katrina, 4,500 public school teachers were fired in New Orleans, teacher unions were outlawed, and almost all schools were privatized. The firings were ruled illegal but no one got their jobs back.
y86v TIL John Stockwell estimated over 6 million people had been killed due to CIA covert ops back in 1987.