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TIL that after Hawaii became a part of the United States, members of the Kawānanakoa family became part of political parties that would become the Democratic and Republican parties of Hawaii like David

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D1a6e TIL of Bone Music: in the Soviet Union, people craved Western pop music but vinyl was scarce, so they printed records on used x-rays
rNYKe TIL that Teflon was first used for the first nuclear bombs. The anti-stick frying pan coating was used to coat valves and pipes in the separation of Uranium, which would corrode other materials much quicker. Only after WW2 was it used for cookware.
P1P6E TIL The Pilgrims actually landed at Provincetown on Cape Cod and not Plymouth rock like we are told.
j6yJN TIL there is a small Chinese ethnic group descended from about 50 Russian Cossacks resettled near Beijing in 1685
0NMj TIL There was actually a “Where’s Waldo?” game for NES. Due to the 8-bit graphics and almost all the mobs looking like Waldo, it was almost impossible to beat and rated as one of the worst games ever made for NES.