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TIL Indian restaurants in Japan outnumber the top 3 pizza chains of the country put together!

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NXeLN TIL the Tsar Bell has been destroyed in fires twice. The current version is the largest bell in the world, and has never been rung. However, students at UC Berkeley simulated it's ring in 2016.
1vB4 TIL Near the end of WWII, after viewing films of Nazi concentration camps, many German prisoners in the U.S. formally burned their uniforms and volunteered to fight in the war against Japan.
1K7r TIL Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US
V4g0 TIL the marathon of the 1904 Olympics had many bizarre events including someone driving to the finish line and pretending to win, someone winning by using rat poison as a stimulant, someone taking a nap and still finishing 4th, and someone being chased a mile off course by aggressive dogs.
LQ50P TIL that the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album “Morrison Hotel” was taken at an actual Morrison Hotel in LA. The band was not given permission to photograph, so they did it while the clerk was away from the desk. The band jumped right behind the windows and hit their places without shuffling.