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TIL White Clover can be used as a tobacco alternative

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6EvGw TIL a former engineer in Japan claims to be the only heir to authentic ninjutsu. In his 60s, Jinichi Kawakami decided he will not appoint anyone as the next ninja grandmaster, saying: "we now have guns, the internet and much better medicines, so the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age."
4kAdb TIL that Brachycephalic dogs are more likely to die during air travel than dogs with normal-length muzzles.
P1YjV TIL France charges tire manufacturers a tax of about $1 per tire to pay for tire recycling. The penalty for non payment is $8,000 per tire. This is how you recycle.
M7rwb TIL after communists overthrew Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, they established the Derg regime that massacred thousands of people in Ethiopia
8amRX TIL that, when measuring things for cooking, the volume of a tablespoon is different in the US, the UK and Australia.