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TIL the United States ranks third in food quality and safety, behind Denmark and Canada.

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NoZ8 TIL that there are no professional female sumo wrestlers because professional sumo wrestling bans women from competitions and ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (dohyō), as this is traditionally seen to be a violation of the purity of the dohyō.
jMwN TIL Beethoven meant his symphonies to be played at 160 - 180 bpm - break beats and drum & bass speeds
xrww TIL In 1955 Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hatemail, he released a statement saying “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
neWWW TIL that in Greenland they speak Greenlandic.
4JvN TIL Google now receives over 100,000 copyright take-down requests an HOUR. In one week this year, they received 19 million requests as compared to an average week in 2013 when they received about 4 million.