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TIL that falling asleep at work or in public in Japan, a practice called "inemuri", is considered a sign of being dedicated to your job to the point of exhaustion and can be seen as an honor.

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809b TIL A type of baboon and wolves in Ethiopia live in alliance together in a way that suggests domestication
oRVA TIL that there is evidence of an underground river 4 km beneath the Amazon, that may be as long as the Amazon (6,000 km) and hundreds of times wider
j68MM TIL that Pandas have been shown "Panda Pornography" and dosed with Viagra to encourage them to breed in captivity.
epB46 TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments.
xV6w0 TIL James O’Keefe impersonated a wealthy donor, but forgot to hang up the phone and accidentally recorded a long message explaining the details of the operation