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TIL:Japan's population has decreased by more than 4 million people from its peak (2010:128.06million > 2024: 123.99 million)
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TIL A female lumberjack is called a lumberjill
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TIL Beethoven won a sight reading piano competition by turning his sheet music upside down, playing it, then improvising on one of its themes for thirty minutes. His opponent, Daniel Steibelt, never returned to challenge him again.
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TIL a man named Ed Thorpe figured out how to count cards in blackjack before anyone else. He then used his winnings and his quantitative strategies to open one of the most successful hedgefunds of all time. Oh—he also invented the first wearable computer!
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TIL the state of Mississippi allows you to drink alcohol WHILE driving, as long as you remain under the legal limit of .08 BAC.