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TIL you can go into shops/restaurants on Google Maps in Japan

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J1Aok TIL Dr. Ozel Clifford Brazil helped 18,000 students get to college over a 15-year period by fudging the information on students' applications. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for financial aid fraud & ordered to pay nearly $750,000 in restitution. Although, he never rolled over on anyone.
kObOg TIL that anyone who moves to Villas Las Estrellas, a settlement in Antarctica, must first have their appendix preemptively removed because the nearest hospital is over 600 miles away.
r5G0 TIL that wherever smoking bans have been introduced, people actually drink less alcohol as a result.
woyNW TIL The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio had several instances where visitors were stuck because the elevators did not work due to debris in the elevator cables or power failures
gMnvb TIL Mets fan Mike Sergio parachuted on to the field during the 1986 World Series. He was jailed for 21 days and given 500 hours community service. To this day he refuses to reveal the pilots name.