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TIL: Traditionally Japanese do not eat salmon sushi and it was invented in the 80's by the Norwegians to to try to sell more of their over abundance of Salmon.

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P150g TIL Weng Wenhao, the founder of modern Chinese geology and modern Chinese oil industry also served as President of China in 1948
b9eP7 TIL no one has ever summited K2 in Winter, making it one of the greatest mountaineering firsts that is still up for grabs
EjlW TIL that one nonprofit has gotten over 8,000 communities to end Female Genital Mutilation in West Africa.
XyDk TIL 500g of polar bear liver contains 9 million international units of Vitamin A and would kill you if eaten
xVG95 TIL: The Hanshin Expressway is a 149-mile network of expressways in Japan. The highway’s most famous and unique feature is a small section of road that passes directly through three floors of an office building (Gate Tower Building) in Okasaka.