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TIL if Train in Japan is even 5 minutes late, the passengers get a formal apology, and most times they’ll even get a “delay certificate.” If a Train delays over an hour, its reported on the news.

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woO7P TIL pandas are leased to zoos from China.
dDRGZ TIL - When Jacques Charles flew the first hydrogen balloon in 1783, it was destroyed by terrified peasants when it landed as it was only the second ever balloon flight.
MevOB TIL Family Guy creators used a 7 year old Youtube clip without asking uploaders permission, used it in an episode, then promptly claimed ownership and got the original taken down from Youtube.
5b08 TIL that a homeless heroin addict, James Bowen, got clean with the help of a stray cat, Bob, whom he found injured in 2007. James wrote a best-selling book, and in 2016 a movie was released starring Bob as himself.
6eVJ TIL in the short scene in Fight Club when Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are drunk and hitting golf balls, they really are drunk, and the golf balls are sailing directly into the side of the catering truck.