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TIL People born in American Samoa are not US Citizens.

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vMEx TIL there is an online interactive map that allows you to see the effects of a nuclear blast in any area using google maps. You can use presets of actual bombs that exist as well as creating your own unique yield.
mxd6x TIL that tumbleweeds, an iconic symbol of the old West, are actually an invasive species and didn't arrive until the late 1800s.
OoPna TIL that rock band Foo Fighters provided music, appear in, and gave tacit support for the 2004 film "The Other Side of AIDS." The pseudoscientific documentary tries to argue that HIV does not cause AIDS.
x6AO7 TIL That Napoleon's Penis was once on display in New York City's Museum of French Art in 1927. It was described in quote to look like a, "piece of leather or shriveled eel," and a, "maltreated strip of buckskin shoelace."
yQOLe TIL that defectors from North Korea cannot change their mind: South Korea won't let them go back home, will arrest them if they try