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TIL that people in Japan used to dye their teeth black

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R7bO6 TIL Japan has two completely separate and incompatible power grids
Rk4l TIL The first American in space, Alan Shepard, said “Don’t fuck up, Shepard” before launch. This is now known among aviators as Shepard’s prayer
R7k64 TIL The Vatican recognizes the 1982 apparition of the Virgin Mary in Rwanda, where she appeared to three young girls and foretold of the blood and horror of the 1994 genocide. The girls said they spent countless hours in conversations with Mary, who called herself Nyina wa Jambo, Mother of the Word
4kRao TIL Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 mega-hit “Torn” is a cover
BdAe TIL that in 1917 idiots were prohibited to enter the US.