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TIL that there is a Underwater Postbox in Susami Bay, Japan. You have to dive 10m underwater to use it.

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OopZ7 TIL that for much of the 20th century, the US state of Oklahoma practiced blatant sexism when it came to alcohol: women were allowed to drink 3.2% beer at 18 and everything else at 21, whereas men weren't allowed to drink anything at all until 21.
JYEWV TIL the Boston Museum of Fine Art has a fragment of an egyptian ivory box that has the name of the woman called benerib, the queen consort of first dynasty pharaoh hor-aha. The name benerib can be translated as "sweetheart" and is thought to be an ephitet than a name.
eQyJ TIL in 1994 Guns n Roses Bassist Duff McKagan bought $100,000 in stock in Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks
5YGPk TIL: The television was invented by a 14 year old.
obDY TIL that bread did not exist in Japan until 1543, when it was brought to the archipelago by Portuguese missionaries. The new food was initially popular, but disappeared once the country cut ties with the west. It would not be eaten again until the 19th century.