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TIL MDMA is 100 years old this year

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R5rA7 TIL: The fall of the Yakuza has led to a power vacuum in Japan and has started the rise of more dangerous, less honorable gangs. In the past, adult hoodlums would join the Yakuza, now they become hangure and join gangs such as the Kanto Rengo and generally engage in IT crimes and Adult entertainment
xVgbo TIL despite selling over 35 million albums, the Grateful Dead have only had one song on the Billboard top 40: 1987’s “Touch of Grey”
OGAg TIL that food made with “Real Kraft Cheese” actually contains no real cheese
WA7o TIL that the “American” flags at Disney’s Magic Kingdom intentionally contain less than 50 stars so that they don’t have to be taken down in poor weather or lit up at night.
oBVpW TIL that in WWI a carrier pigeon was shot, blinded, and had her leg blown off but was still able to deliver her message - saving the lives of 194 soldiers