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TIL it wasn't until 1967 that the Australian government gave Australian Aboriginal people citizenship

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78L4L TIL that an estimated 100,000 people disappear annually in Japan due to Jōhatsu - vanishing overnight without a trace. It's usually due to depression, debt, addiction or the notoriously harsh work culture. There are even online companies and published guides to help one relocate their life.
oROnE TIL the song Hound Dog by Elvis Presley was not originally by Elvis. The original performer of the song was Big Mama Thornton, a blues and R&B singer who recorded it in 1952, 4 years before Elvis recorded it
loWQV TIL that under Texas state law, schoolchildren must say the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States, followed by a separate pledge to the state of Texas, followed by a full minute of silence.
BrpNb TIL In 552AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe.
nW6dY TIL that the US Army is exempt from OSHA, but implements its own standard called the "Army Safety Program" which in many cases provides more protections for workers than OSHA does.