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TIL Norway actually introduced Salmon Sushi to Japan

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gM1NX TIL there is a German man who was born in 1905 (when Germany was still ruled by Emperors), was 12 at the end of WWI, 40 at the end of WWII, 84 at the fall of the Berlin Wall, and is still alive at 113 years old.
6ENLl TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes saying “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected” and waited for about a minute before telling the audience that the bugs were malaria-free.
9wdbG TIL airlines in Japan list where customers with babies are sitting on the seat map so you can be better informed as you choose your seat.
g68y TIL That there is a Japanese word that refers to “the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up with other unread books”
41ko TIL in 1857 a group of Mormon militiamen in Utah dressed as Indians and slaughtered a group of 137 travelers in a wagon train crossing to California, killing all except the youngest children, who they spared and tried to raise as their own.