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TIL Schools in Japan don’t employ custodial staff, because they believe students should respect their learning environment and keep it clean themselves

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a868N TIL the only in-flight structural breakup of an airliner to ever be caused by air turbulence alone was a case of a plane flying directly through a tornado
x6Aa5 TIL, there are almost 80 H-E-B stores in Mexico!
7rgVP TIL That after winning the battle of Kleidion in 1014, the Byzantine Emperor Basil II took an estimated 14,000-15,000 prisoners, and punished them by sorting them into groups of a 100, then blinded 99 men in each one and left a single man in each with one eye so that he could lead the others home.
m1m4R TIL that in Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig because they are social animals and need companionship
l5MB TIL that Cracker Jack, Cream of Wheat, Juicy Fruit, Quaker Oats, Shredded Wheat, Pabst Blue Ribbon, elongated coins, spray paint, Phosphorescent lamps, and a zipper precursor were all introduced at the Columbian Expo in Chicago in 1893