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TIL Louis C.K. still retains his Mexican Citizenship.

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rNBvW TIL the US House of Representatives and the British/Irish House of Commons used to play matches of chess against each other via telegraph
ExaW TIL: The island of Bikini Atoll has a flag similar to the US’s as a symbol of the debt they believe the US owes them - while testing nuclear weapons, an H-Bomb detonated in 1954 resulted in the poisoning of many islanders from the nuclear fallout.
X00DR TIL that when filming the iconic final scene of Real Genius, over 140 tons of popcorn had to be popped since the film was made before CGI was invented.
BgmJW TIL Lobsters urinate from glands located beneath their eyes.
kOby7 TIL in World War II, due the Japan-Soviet neutrality pact, US aid to the Soviet port of Vladivostok (the Pacific Route) was carried by Soviet-Flagged ships only and was mostly left alone, becoming the safest path for military aid from the USA to the USSR.