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TIL it's been over 10 years since the last EF5 tornado

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78WNL TIL: Until 2013, foreign chefs in Japan were legally barred from working in restaurants specializing in traditional Japanese food and could only serve foreign cuisine. Japan changed its regulations for foreign chefs after traditional Japanese cuisine won UNESCO designation.
ZYmY TIL the band Fugazi recorded almost all of their shows on cassette and are in the process of making them all available online.
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