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TIL that in Japan you can be arrested for borrowing someone’s bike

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e79b TIL that ancient Egyptians used a d20 die.
GAk6Q TIL: The US Presidency was technically vacant for 24 hours on March 4-5, 1849
GY5KQ TIL that Mongols used Wicker shields which means the cuisine legend of “mongols grilling meat on their shields” has been debunked by this SCA article.
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