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TIL that chubby girls in Japan are called ‘marshmallows’

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DQ04J TIL Korean astronauts eat a version of kimchi that has been radiated to kill all of the microorganisms
Xml6 TIL the Aral Sea, once the 4th largest lake in the world, has been steadily shrinking since the 1960’s. It’s now 1/10th the original size. Nearly 90% of the water has now given way to sandy desert with wrecks of beached boats dotting the surface.
J1XeQ TIL the French got a concession port in Southern China at Zhanjiang in 1898, with a treaty until 1997 (same date and same idea as Hong Kong). However it was never very profitable or popular, and they gave it back after WWII
VOEp TIL: Researchers at Bell Labs developed radio astronomy, UNIX, C, C++, Plan 9, Inferno, the transistor, the laser, the first practical solar cell, and wireless LAN.
LkVXV TIL a group of off-duty Army Rangers got into a 30-minute firefight with a group of suspected crack-dealing members of the Hilltop Crips gang