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TIL Norway introduced salmon sushi to Japan.

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6EDDm TIL that Japan has an early warning system for earthquakes that notifies you on your smartphone and radio seconds before it happens.
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epVdJ TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading.
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