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TIL an entire town won a $950-Million lottery jackpot except for one man

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R5mN4 TIL The cost of raising a child in China is 3.3 times more expensive than raising a child in Australia, making it the second highest in the world, which helps to explain why DINK couples are growing in the country.
v1GKB TIL about Nin-Kasi, the Beer Goddess. One of the oldest known Gods who was worshipped for 550 years from 2900BC. Prophets would get wasted in her honor to trigger states of ecstasy in which they would prophecy.
Pg6V TIL during World War 2 the Japanese government had a national policy to receive Jewish refugees. Even Hideki Tojo rejected Nazi protests to this policy.
kJJEm TIL The flag of the East India Company was nearly identical to the original flag adopted during the American Revolution. In fact, there is a theory that this was intentional, as some saw the company as sharing grievances with the American colonies against the British Empire
J1jEj TIL the United Kingdom still has temperate rainforests.