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TIL Japan has one vending machine for every 30 people

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E1PGx TIL during the murder of 1,500 Jews from Józefów, the commander of the German Reserve Police Battalion 101 allowed his subordinates to opt out of direct participation. Fewer than 12 men out of a battalion of 500 did so.
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