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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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OoWWX TIL that an Indian bride walked out of the wedding after the groom failed to solve 15+6.
WKAN TIL: Stephen King donated so much money to help build a baseball field in Maine that the locals affectionately call it “Field of Screams”.
o7Q7 TIL Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials “HM”, for Hannah Montana. He got the tattoo after making a pact with Miley Cyrus to appear on her show if he had the initials tattooed on his body. He was never invited on the show and has since said that he regrets getting the tattoo.
gGV4 TIL in 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
8agp8 TIL That spicy foods are spicy because they trigger certain cells inside the tongue that are the same type of cell that detect extreme heat, and it has nothing to do with taste.