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TIL of Colorado Gov. Ralph Carr who during the Japanese Interment of WWII was the only Gov. to open up his state to Japanese-American citizens as a safe zone to avoid interment. The move cost him his political career.

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AO9n TIL The German city of Konstanz was not bombed by the Allied Forces during World War II, because the city left all its lights on at night, and thus fooled the bombers into thinking it was actually part of Switzerland.
yVL7M TIL A permanent move to daylight saving time would prevent 2,054 human injuries, 33 human deaths, and $1.19 billion in damages each year.
eWp6 TIL that relativistic effects only become truly severe at very close to light speed: even someone travelling at 0.9 times the speed of light will only perceive time passing 2.29 times faster than it would be perceived from a stationary point of reference.
8e0GV TIL Neanderthals are named after the Neander Valley in Germany, where the species was first identified in the 1850s
X06KQ TIL you need a license to play golf in Belgium and The Netherlands