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TIL “American” is an ethnicity, and according to the 2000 US Census, an increasing number of people are identifying with it.

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X0AKR TIL that Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her, because she felt that a murder would be easier on her family than her committing suicide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month.
d8vbK TIL that SCOBYs used to make kombucha contain more protein than eggs at 18%. They can be substituted for squid in sushi.
Z8NMR TIL the united states staged a WWII campaign in Tokyo which involved firebombing highly populated areas in order to pressure Japan into surrender. The death toll was greater than that of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The attacks are considered the most deadly bombing attacks in history.
wow7 TIL the show Reno 911 was mainly improv and had very little scripting.
jN8EE TIL "Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived" is a popular mnemonic used to remember the fate of the of the six wives of King Henry VIII