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TIL that the Emperors of Japan are considered to be direct descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu

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e0e94 TIL that at the start of the AIDS epidemic, CDC epidemiologists has a plan to combat the disease, but were told by the Regan administration "No, we're not going to fund it, and we want you to look pretty and do as little as you can."
ADeao Til that military working dogs used by the US in Vietnam were either left behind or euthanized, mostly the latter.
xVZxk TIL that there was a Russian adaptation of Married...with Children that remade (almost) all original episodes, plus a hundred more with fan input and the American writers
m6ay TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence over only a few hectic days while seated at his usual table in the Indian Queen Tavern in Philadelphia, drinking Madeira wine
doXZ TIL Issac Newton invented the ridges along the edges of coins, still in use today, to prevent theft