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Til 60% of all vocabulary in the modern Japanese dictionary are chinese loanwords

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o7Br TIL A foreigner can invest $500,000 in a U.S. business to receive a green card.
neB09 TIL The day that "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered, there was an op-ed in the New York Times titled "O'Brien flops" that said "one can't help but have grave doubts about his prospects". The op-ed was written by Conan O'Brien himself.
EVM7 TIL the emerald jewel wasp can remove a cockroach’s fight or flight response. This renders the cockroach docile, enabling the wasp to lead it around like a dog.
9VYX TIL Many migraine sufferers experience after effects such as lack of energy and mental fog, which is called the “postdrome”.
epyPk TIL “OK” was invented for the lolz