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TIL That 29% of L.A.’s air pollution comes from east asia

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0nlN TIL the film Lord of War (2005) was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the arms trafficking by the international arms industry
nW8jW TIL during the Napoleonic Wars a French ship sank near the English town of Hartlepool, the only survivor being a pet monkey. Allegedly, the townsfolk had never seen a Frenchman before and so tried and hanged the monkey, thinking it was a French spy.
8epNK TIL The first person clinically diagnosed with Autism is still alive. Donald Grey Triplett who is 89 years old.
kOX84 TIL that the first regiments, i.e. military units named as such with a relatively modern organization, started to be formed in the 16th century by private contractors with kings and other state entities. We still have examples of the contracts that were signed for this purpose.
1oP8 TIL of the 1925 ‘Great Race of Mercy’ where 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs traveled 674 miles in 5 days to deliver diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska