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Farewell to Manzanar Trivia

Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge

How did this book even get started? Thank Jeanne's nephew, who was born in Manzanar but didn't know very much about it, so he asked his aunt to talk about it… (Source.)

Everyone loves George Takei (you know, of Star Trek fame), so here's your daily dose of Takei-ness. His theory on why some Asian Americans might vote Republican: It was a democrat—President Roosevelt—who put Japanese-Americans in the internment camps and who ordered the A-bomb dropped. (Skip ahead to 2:40.) (Source.)

Did you know that the government sold Manzanar barracks to U.S. soldiers for $334 after the camp closed? Neither did we. (Source.)