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TIL 72% of Japanese people view Russia unfavorably, making Japan the most anti-Russian nation in the world.

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Zp5Ea TIL The first defensive driving program started in 1964 for the US National Safety Council. It is a form of training for drivers that goes beyond road rules and the basic mechanics of driving techniques
OnG7 TIL every year, Halifax gives a giant christmas tree to the people of Boston in gratitude for Bostons help during Halifax explosion recovery
6EwDW TIL that a 2012 study found 1,458 “new to science” bacteria species in our belly buttons. People’s bacterial profiles are unique, like fingerprints, and can be used in the same way. One person had a bacterium only ever found in Japanese soil," where he had never been.
klvg TIL in 1957 five US military personnel agreed to stand directly under a nuclear detonation
neWlo TIL the game Resistance: Fall of Man faced controversy from the Church of England due to it featuring the Manchester Cathedral as a battleground