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TIL The US has as many veterans as Australia has people

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WdQY TIL just 16 years after being forcibly relocated on the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to help the starving victims of the Irish potato famine in 1847
69Kbm TIL Bruce Lee was so dedicated in his craft as an actor and martial arts star that he had an operation to remove the sweat glands from his armpits because he believed underarm sweat looked unphotogenic on film.
nW6KG TIL that Ferdinand Magellan, famed Portuguese explorer credited with planning and leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth, died halfway through in the Philippines.
MeKga TIL of Action park, a New Jersey theme park that was known to have so many accidents in the 1980s, 5-10 victims on the busiest days, that park authority bought the nearby town of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the number of injured. At least 6 people died there.
E1xo7 TIL that after their famed snow run, Balto and his fellow sled dogs were sold to a freak show in L.A. After over 2 years living in horrible conditions, they were rescued by the efforts of the entire city of Cleveland, OH.