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TIL The Battle of Iwo Jima was the most awarded Modern Day battle with 23 Medals of honor with most of them given posthumously!

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XPV6 TIL that LifeLock, an ID protection firm, ran a promotional in which its CEO, being so confident in the service, made his Social Security Number public. This resulted in him being the victim of identity theft 13 times, in addition to a $12 million company fine for false advertising.
L9Nd TIL while the U.S. grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, such a policy doesn’t exist in Europe. In Europe, being born in a country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship.
yVrBe TIL Philadelphia Cream Cheese is produced in New York, and always has been since it was invented by William Lawrence in 1872. He named his company Philadelphia to market off of the city's reputation for high quality dairy products.
X0meP TIL of the Janka Hardness Test which is the measurement of force required to embed an 11.28-millimeter-diameter (7⁄16 in) steel ball halfway into a sample of wood. This is the standard test used to determine the hardness of all woods.
VBE68 TIL there was a psychiatric hospital in Utah that created a haunted house for the public during Halloween season well into the 1990’s.