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TIL adult diapers outsell baby diapers in Japan.

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OXX1 TIL that the Australian Mint produced a “Han Solo in carbonite” 1 oz. silver coin.
gM8MW TIL of the phrase "Eddie would go" about the Hawaiian legend and lifeguard Eddie Aikau who was famous for surfing and saving people from big waves on the north shore. When no one would Eddie would go.
dGLQ TIL that when Parker Brothers tried to introduce a german version of Risk, the board game in which players try to dominate a map of world, the German government threatened to ban it on the grounds that it might encourage imperialist and militaristic impulses in the nation’s youth.
0b55 TIL the real Top Gun School gives a $5 fine to anyone in the staff that quotes the movie.
PwVL TIL Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about a giant, firebreathing lizard which was made into a 1953 film. This film inspired a Japanese producer to make Godzilla in 1954