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TIL that Yoko Ono, the wife of musician John Lennon, is the great-granddaughter of Yasuda Zenjiro, the founder of the Yasuda Zaibatsu that got dissolved at the end of World War II.

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NgQJ TIL all cars with a trunk compartment made after 2001 in the U.S. are required to have an interior trunk latch designed to free any trapped or kidnapped people inside the trunk.
OoKK7 TIL that in 1923 the USPS instituted a requirement that all delivery addresses feature a mail-box or drop-slot to reduce the time that mail carriers waited at each door.
QQLM TIL two million citizens of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia held hands in 1989, forming a 600 km (370 mi) human chain to protest against Soviet occupation. The Soviet Union threatened “catastrophic consequences”, but ended up peacefully giving the states their freedom.
x6yl1 TIL people who smoke about 1 cig/day have about 40-50% of the excess risk associated with smoking 20/day (heart attack and stroke)
ANkjx TIL traditional Albanian tribal law (Kanun) may have originated in the Bronze Age, predating the Roman empire and the Homerian epics. Kanun is based on honor, hospitality, right conduct, and kin loyalty. In some parts of Albania, men are confined at home to avoid triggering inter-family blood feuds.