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TIL that George Washington only left the present-day United States one time in his life, when he traveled to Barbados with his brother in 1751.

by whatilearned May 29, 2023, 9:16 pm

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TIL about America’s Marine Highway, a United States Department of Transportation initiative aiming to use the United States’ 29,000 miles of navigable waterways to alleviate traffic and wear to the nation’s highways caused by tractor trailer traffic.

by whatilearned May 28, 2023, 6:09 pm

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TIL of United Passions (2015), a movie financed by FIFA for $29 million as a fluff piece to make themselves look good. But due to being released right around the time of the FIFA Corruption Scandal, the movie only earned $918 at the opening weekend.

by whatilearned May 27, 2023, 11:36 am

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TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 8:33 pm

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TIL that Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and that the financial burden on the world at large is estimated annually at US$1 trillion.

by whatilearned May 23, 2023, 10:51 pm

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TIL since 1399, the monarch of the United Kingdom receives income from the Duchy of Lancaster as part of the sovereign’s private purse

by whatilearned May 22, 2023, 10:01 am

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TIL: About Saburō Kurusu, a Japanese diplomat to the United States during the Pearl Harbor attack. He was unaware of the attack and was on his way to the Secretary of State to deliver a reply to the previous diplomatic communications.

by whatilearned May 21, 2023, 8:13 pm

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You have been summoned to rename United States of America. Which name do you prefer?

by QuestionGuy May 18, 2023, 12:01 pm

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TIL Ketchup is sweeter in British Commonwealth countries than the United States

by whatilearned May 17, 2023, 8:07 pm

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It must have been a real shock when people found out the Monty Python theme was originally written by someone from the United States

by cringeyjokesman May 17, 2023, 4:14 pm

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TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. conducted Operation Popeye which involved a “cloud-seeding” mission to stimulate clouds in Vietnam and extend the monsoon season. It was later declassified in 1974, and the United States’ involvement in this operation became public knowledge

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 11:03 pm

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TIL the northern-most city in the United States renamed itself from Barrow, Alaska to Utqiaġvik in 2016.

by whatilearned May 14, 2023, 10:05 pm

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