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TIL there is a cat named Sanjuro, who is the samurai lord of a Japanese castle.

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5YaE8 Today I learned that "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was supposed to have been a Meat Loaf song.
DEZp TIL Finland has a 20-year plan for its country brand. The 365-page government report includes plans to become a silicon valley of social innovations, a land where the lakes are drinkable, and a country that has managed to export its unbeatable education.
LkQRd The first-ever 2017 Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) was held in Raleigh on Nov. 9 and 10, featuring some of the big names in round-Earth denial. Many flat-Earthers believe the Earth is a disc surrounded by an ice wall.
1xXr TIL that in 1985 Phil Collins first performed at the Live Aid concert at Wembley (UK), 5 hours later he joined the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia (US) at the same local time as in London, thanks to the Concorde.
vP8vB TIL all humans share a common ancestor called "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived around 150,000-200,000 years ago in Africa. She is the most recent woman from whom all living humans today descend through their mother's side. Her mitochondrial DNA lineage is the only one to persist to modern times.