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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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epEBL TIL that Switzerland suffered casualties in WW2, despite being neutral. The US air force accidentally bombed a number of Swiss towns, thinking they were in Germany, and several aerial incidents took place against both Allied and Axis planes due to violating Swiss airspace.
aweKL TIL Despite the Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional in 1967, Alabama did not remove a clause in its state constitution prohibiting interracial marriage until 2000
BxMD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger won his first bodybuilding competition at age 17, after sneaking off his army base for the night. Upon returning with the trophy, he was caught and jailed for a year.
JYyw1 TIL we can see the shadows of the capillaries in our eyes. Our brains just ignore them because they offer no useful information to us (kind of like how you don't see your nose unless you focus on it.) This is called the Troxler Effect. I linked a procedure you can follow to see the shadows yourself.
mxB7y TIL in 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling home from France when his train derailed while crossing a bridge, and his car was left dangling from the tracks. He helped save stranded passengers and then climbed back into the dangling car to find a manuscript he was supposed to send to his publishers.