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TIL Japan used $30 million of their Tsunami relief funds to support whaling

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JY55B TIL that ex KGB and President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, died in Cleveland, Ohio
b9neE TIL that the number 8 is such a lucky number in China that the Chinese government scheduled the Beijing Olympics to begin 8 seconds after 8:08 on 8/8/2008.
4XO55 TIL of “Born Secret”, a legal principle in the US that classifies any nuclear science information at the moment of discovery, even if it wasn’t discovered by the government or serve any military purpose.
VMNkZ TIL Ennio Morricone refused to move to US even offered mansion for free and never learned English.
rRA5x TIL of the “availability heuristic,” by which people judge the likelihood of events based on the number of times they hear about them. Explains why many people are pessimistic about the world given the amount of media coverage available, which favors bad news.