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TIL: Pikachu is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse

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Ypxvx TIL about Aki Mukai, a Japanese celebrity who used surrogacy to have children. Stricken with uterine cancer, she willingly underwent a 10-hour operation that moved her ovaries into her chest in order to keep them safe from radiation treatment.
m1NKx TIL the reason why the Declaration of Independence is so faded isn't solely its age. In the 1800s, it was placed in front of a large window in the US Patent Office for 35 years.
5VxYD TIL that an Illinois high school English teacher told two students, "Neither one of you will ever learn to write". Robert St. John, one of the students, became a famous journalist with many news scoops, including the Japanese surrender in WW2. The other student was Ernest Hemingway.
nWrwb TIL a study in 2008 found that loud music in bars increases alcohol consumption because it makes people talk less and drink more
rWXd TIL that almost all of the stadiums used in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are huge concrete wastelands at the moment