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TIL the US is obligated by treaty to go to war for 67 different countries if they were to find themselves in conflict.

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d8gbZ TIL Iwao Takamoto, the Japanese-American animator and designer behind cartoons such as Scooby-Doo, Penelope Pitstop and several Disney characters, learned his skills as a teenage prisoner in the Manzanar internment camp, which held over 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
QJQga Today I learned that Canadians say sorry so much that a law had to be passed saying that apologies aren't admissions of guilt.
kJjeB TIL that a bodega cat (also known as a deli cat, store cat, shop cat, the manager, or the boss) is a type of working cat that inhabits a bodega, which in New York City English refers to a convenience store or deli. They control rodents and other pests.
e5XE TIL the English boy band Blue were in NYC on 9/11 and witnessed the attacks. Later, in an interview with a British tabloid, one member said that “This New York thing is being blown out of proportion” and “Animals need saving and that’s more important.” This caused them to lose a US record deal.
5MjP TIL that Wisconsin’s only pirate once got the crew of an entire ship drunk then proceeded to throw them all over board. He then took the ship to Chicago and sold all the cargo.