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TIL Japan has a ratio of one vending machine for every 30 people.

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KOaN6 TIL Paul McCartney recorded the song Wonderful Christmastime entirely on his own during the sessions for his second solo album. In 2010 it was estimated that the song earns $400,000 a year, putting the overall earnings at $15 million.
yQgPV TIL All mammals (and possible all animals) have, within an order of magnitude, the same number of heart beats in their lifetime
j7GE TIL of a potential plan to connect London-to-Moscow-to-New York
JYx41 TIL that an uprising occurred in Romania in 1974, after they ran out of "Columbo" episodes, Peter Falk (who played the titular character) was reached out to by their government, so that the movement would quell, and he informed the people that more episodes would get made
YpnvZ TIL that when released in France in 2007, Ratatouille was not only praised for its technical accuracy and attention to culinary detail, it also drew the 4th highest opening-day attendance in French movie history.