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TIL that to circumvent US laws banning the export of cryptography software as “ammunition”, PGP inventor Phill Zimmermann published the entire sourcecode in a hardcover book. The export of books is fully legal.

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8aBwZ TIL Harry Fusao O’Hara a Japanese expat, volunteered to fight for Britain in World War One, wounded nearly 70 times he remains the only known Japanese national to serve in the RAF.
oRBd8 TIL the only non-Native Governor of a Native American Pueblo was Solomon Bibo, a Jewish immigrant from Prussia who immigrated to the New Mexico Territory, married a woman from the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and was supported by the tribe to be recognized as Governor. He served from 1885 to 1889.
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6WkQ TIL: Marilyn Monroe was raised in foster care & later, admitted to 2 psychiatric hospitals. Her mother was unwed & mentally unstable when she gave birth. Her mother & both maternal grandparents were in mental institutions. To escape foster care, Marilyn married one of her neighbors when she was 16.