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TIL AmaPiano's name originally comes from the artists playing a keyboard without any notable direction other than a house music beat playing

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Axm4 TIL that if you commit suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the company will charge the family a disruption fee
DQDne TIL The vast majority of Australia's naval fleet is moored at two different military facilities, located more than 3,900 kilometers apart. By sheer coincidence, both facilities are named "Garden Island".
d8dP7 TIL grasshoppers that live near a road evolve to call at a higher pitch than more rural grasshoppers so as to be heard over the traffic. This increases their chances of mating. Birds in noisier parts of cities also call at higher pitches than the same species of birds in quieter parts.
VZM8 TIL Churchill’s ‘We will fight on the beaches’ speech was never recorded. The famous recording is him reciting it in his home 4 years after the war.
pYxRQ TIL dioxins continue to contaminate Vietnam’s soil and rivers decades after the war there, with severe health consequences like birth defects.