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TIL about the Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters, a bunker complex planned in the event of an Allied invasion of Japan. It included facilities for the Imperial General Headquarters, military communications, NHK and telephone, Imperial family residences, a shrine and a brothel

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0wDBj TIL the inventor of reiki, Mikao Usui, suffered a stroke and died while teaching it. Reiki is is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in academic journal articles. There is no central authority controlling use of the words "reiki master", & certificates can be purchased online
d01E TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of a US ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
NnGM TIL that the fat part of a worm is called a clitellum. “The clitellum produces a ring-like band after a worm mates. The ring moves forward, collecting eggs, and slips over the worm’s head. As it slides off, the ends seal and form a cocoon. Baby worms hatch from this cocoon.”
x6545 TIL Limp Bizkit's "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It broke the seven year record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."
kJ5P1 TIL that the we would know if there were Megalodon because whales would have bite marks.