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TIL: Australian possums are more closely related to kangaroos than to North American possums.

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ZpKEa TIL On April 1, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. This invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
dDyEQ TIL that the United States 50 State Quarter program was inspired by Canada making quarters for each province and territory in 1992 for the 125th anniversary of Confederation
R7ep1 TIL credit cards were first "used" over 5000 years ago on clay tablets.
b9BDN TIL Sylvester Graham invented graham crackers as part of a radical vegetarian diet meant to curb the desire to masturbate
8aOJG TIL that Charlie and the waitress are married in real life!