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TIL the mangaka Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) is married to another famous manga author Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho)

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D16yj TIL that two of Robert the Bruce’s female relatives were kept in cages to be publicly humiliated for four years by Edward I of England during the Scottish struggle to maintain independence in the 14th century
YMJd TIL Nestlé is draining developing countries’ groundwater to make its Pure Life bottled water, destroying countries’ natural resources before forcing its people to buy their own water back.
GYrEN TIL: The man behind "Wood on the bed" meme was a deacon, minor league football player, and died of a heart attack over 6 years ago
Yggv TIL When dogs were searching the rubble after 9/11 for survivors, they would get depressed if they went too long without finding someone. The rescue team hid people they could find to raise their spirits.
p854O TIL about YomHaShoah, an Israeli national day of remembrance for the Holocaust. One of the most notable events of the day is the blaring of air raid sirens throughout the country for two minutes, during which all public activity ceases.