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TIL that US is a neighboring country of South Korea and Japan because of Guam, a full fledge US territory with 168 thousands inhabitants despite it's not even on the same side of the Earth with continental US.

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nWjWr TIL in 1959 residents of Cortez, Colorado observed a UFO landing which became a local legend. Declassified files from the US military 50 years later revealed the real incident was an emergency landing of a top secret U-2 spy plane
6VZ7 TIL that the term “Blow Job” comes from “Blow” being the Victorian slang for ejaculation.
oBZO7 TIL Doris Miller was a cook who saved lives and gunned down Japanese warplanes while serving on a ship during WW2. He had no previous training with an anti-aircraft gun and was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Despite his heroism, he was assigned as a cook on Liscome Bay and died by torpedo.
MWem TIL that during the Great Depression women made clothes out of flour sacks and when manufacturers learned of this they started using patterned fabrics and designed the label to wash out.
jNRQa TIL that cutting down a cactus in Arizona is similar to cutting down a protected tree species, and can land the perpetrator up to 25 years in jail.