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TIL A religion on a pacific island worships American soldiers and prays for their return

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j6ZZR TIL at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the New York City Ballet was on tour in the USSR and the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in the USA
x6K0o TIL the red memorial poppy commemorating deceased veterans on Remembrance Day was originated by an American woman from Georgia
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