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TIL Post war Japan is basically the reason why Mecha anime exist in Japan, because it reflected Japan's desire to rebuild Japan after WW2.

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A9Xa TIL in 2005, a woman performing her first solo skydive jump survived a parachute malfunction which caused her to slam face first into a parking lot at 50 MPH. During surgery doctors discovered she was pregnant. She made a full recovery and the baby was fine.
yPQ8 TIL that the official name for ‘Mexico’ is the “United Mexican States.”
4bXX TIL that in 1970, Bill Murray worked part-time at a Little Caesars and was so poor he would eat raw pizza dough when no one was looking
94PQ TIL That The effect Marijuana has on the Autonomic Nervous System is unlike any other chemical known to man. Marijuana is neither a stimulant nor is it a depressant, it’s actually both! and stimulates both the sympathetic and parasympathetic chemicals in your brain, creating balance.
R5P01 TIL that the social media service Blue Sky (founded by Jack Dorsey years ago) currently has Lantian "Jay" Gruber as its CEO, and that by coincidence, the name "Lantian" (given to her by her Chinese mother) means "blue sky" in Mandarin Chinese.