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TIL most streets in Japan don’t have names. In Japan, they use a very different addressing system than is used in most Western countries. Rather than streets having names (the space in between blocks), they give blocks numbers and leave the space in between the blocks, streets, nameless.

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dkdB TIL a man who was lost in the woods chopped down some power lines so that workers would have to come and rescue him.
lVw5 TIL Astrology is accepted as a science in India. The Supreme Court has confirmed this, and courses in Astrology are offered by multiple colleges.
rR6Ay TIL that in 1990, the U.S Secret Service once raided the makers of a tabletop RPG game system, believing that one of their manuals (GURPS Cyberpunk) would help people commit computer crimes. The lawsuit resulting from it helped form the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
VQ9m TIL that When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies.
GYKZj TIL that basketball legend Calvin Murphy was a nationally renowned baton twirler. In 1977, at the height of his career, he was Texas State Men’s Twirling champ.