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TIL There’s a theme park in Japan where kids can experience adult life (working, banking, etc)

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5VMWk TIL Ferdinand Verbiest created the first vehicle which moved under its own power in 1672 as an amusement for the Chinese Emperor Kangxi. The steam vehicle was 2 ft in length and built like a five-wheeled cart-like trolley
xLJk TIL Last year, a Chinese company sold over 110 million counterfeit condoms to Ghana.
9wPAM TIL the band Green Day got its name from the phrase, "green day", which was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana. Armstrong once admitted in 2001 that he considered it to be "the worst band name in the world".
0pKL TIL, Clear Channel banned all Rage Against the Machine songs and over 100 other songs from its 1,200 radio stations following 9/11.
D19bV TIL picking your nose and eating boogers is apparently good for you???