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TIL Merle Hay died 100 years ago this month. likely the first American casualty of WW I.

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VerG TIL there is an insurance policy issued against Alien Abduction, which can be redeemed if the insured person can prove they were abducted by aliens and returned to Earth. Some companies even offer policies for alien pregnancy.
WLGN TIL Astronauts on the Apollo missions reported seeing flashes and streaks of light when they closed their eyes. This was later confirmed to be caused by cosmic radiation bombarding their retinas while outside of the Earth’s magnetosphere.
oBnYW TIL a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach other police officers to duck and cover in the days between the bombings. Not a single officer died in the Nagasaki blast.
wo9M TIL that 4% of the sand on Normandy is shrapnel from D-Day.
4X1Dw TIL Americanism is a Catholic heresy