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TIL Japan has its own version of Atlantis

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jdkQ TIL “300” is the most death-packed film of all time, with an average of 5 people dying on-screen every minute
dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.
e0GZn TIL the character in the Starbucks logo is actually a twin tailed siren, a mythical creature that lured sailors in order to attack and devour them.
dXm9 TIL there exists a group of internet commentators hired by the Chinese government to make comments favoring Chinese policies.
xVvPo TIL that the BBC between 1967 and 1978 routinely deleted old archive entries, including 97 of 253 episodes from the first six years of Doctor Who.