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TIL of Stephen Wiltshire who draws whole cities from memory. Here he draws a 30 feet panoramic drawing of Rome after visiting it for the first time and memorising within 5 hours.

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rRk7e TIL in Japan ~%99 of people are cremated. After cremation, the family uses chopsticks to transfer the bones out of the ash and into an urn. This is the ONLY time is acceptable to pass anything from chopsticks to chopsticks. Doing such outside of a funeral can remind bystanders of a recent funeral.
16A4X TIL that even after 2 atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan in WW2, the movement against surrender was so strong that there was an attempted coup against the Emperor to stop the capitulation.
ZpM9Q TIL on 1978, in Pennsylvania, Robert McFall, suffering from terminal aplasitc anemia, sued first cousin David Shimp to force him to give him bone marrow but court ruled against him. He died of massive hemorrhage half a month after
OnQe TIL That there will be a comet that will be as bright as a full moon this year.
MKNW TIL that Jeff Bezos wanted to name Amazon “Relentless,” but friends talked him out of it. Relentless.com still directs you to Amazon.com.