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TIL That most graves in Okinawa have a small courtyard in front for hosting family parties

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6KQ8 TIL On August 1st each year the people of Warsaw, Poland stop everything to pay homage to the Warsaw Uprising the largest rebellion of WWII. Which cost cost over 200,000 lives and destruction of the capital.
OoY71 TIL in the 1940s, AT&T sued Harry Tuttle for inventing the Hush-A-Phone—a device that silenced phones from eavesdroppers. AT&T argued the “device hadn’t been installed by their company” and the FCC voted in AT&T’s favor, but Tuttle continued to fight the case in open court and eventually won.
wokbW TIL that "Not only does Darwin believe in white suprmacy, he offers a biological explanation for it, namely that white people are further evolved"
epZkD TIL that New York City's Queens Zoo once received a lion cub despite having no lion enclosure. The cub, named Genghis Khan, was later moved to California.
9YRJ6 TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.