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TIL that Japan has vending machines that dispense used women’s underwear, puppies, slushees, and other very unique items.

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loo6N TIL Infamous sound barrier-breaking pilot Chuck Yeager happened to take down one of the world’s first jet fighters in WWII, so he gets to say, “The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down."
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