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TIL: Doritos are nachos, I'm a fucking idiot

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mxwno TIL that Japan has a phone to call the dead. The "wind phone" was created by a man named Itaru Sasaki, who thought that it would be a healing way to talk to his cousin who had passed away—even if the conversation was one-sided. Others now also use the phone in order to feel closer to their deceased.
WkO9 TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses were persecuted and lynched for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1940s
WkOZX TIL that University College in London created a tube map showing the average life expectancy of those born near each train station. Some born just 1 stop apart had differences of over a decade.
8nBb TIL on January 1, 1907 Theodore Roosevelt shook the hands of 8,510 people, setting a world record he held for over 70 years.
b698p TIL: A Cat Led A Rescue Team To An 83-Year-Old Woman Who Had Fallen Down A Ravine