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TIL that production of hankos - personal seals used by Japanese instead of signatures - is the main driving factor behind illegal trade of ivory to Japan

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Q07e TIL that under Operation Dirty Trick, the US would blame Fidel Castro if the 1962 Mercury space flight, which was carrying astronaut John Glenn, crashed.
epyak TIL Tom Hanks starred in a 1981 film called "Mazes and Monsters" that was based on a false account of a college student losing his grasp of reality from playing Dungeons and Dragons.
GAMj1 TIL the name ‘Anakin’ originated from Star Wars. When I (25) was like 5, I had a friend named Anakin, so I always assumed that it was a normal name that Star Wars just used for the character.
GAQe5 TIL: Actor, and former WWE superstar Dave Bautista would hid inhalers under wrestling rings, to deal with his asthma, during matches.
wExo TIL That the minting of the U.S. half-penny was discontinued in 1857 because it was viewed as having too insignificant purchasing power and wasteful to continue minting. Adjusted for inflation it would be worth more than the penny, nickel, and dime today.