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

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x6XB5 TIL in the 1600s Kimpa Vita, an aristocrat in the Kongo Empire - the most powerful in Central Africa - started a new version of Catholicism: Antonianism. Gaining thousands of converts from peasantry and nobility, she took over the capital city of Sao Salvador. Aged 22, she burned at the stake.
JYA01 TIL what exactly causes ice circles and other obscure snow and ice formations like snow rollers and ice pancakes to appear each winter
W7Mb4 Today I learned that the bass line to Rush's YYZ actually spells out 'YYZ' in morse code.
v77x TIL in 2013, a Jägermeister-sponsored party went awry, when the staff threw liquid nitrogen into the pool to create smoke. The nitrogen displaced oxygen, poisoning the people around. 9 partygoers were hospitalized, including one who fell into a coma.
m1RR TIL that in the German version of the Muppet Show, the Swedish Chef is called The Danish Chef.