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TIL that in China, thousands of teenagers have been labeled as "internet addicts" and sent to internet addiction clinics which are just psychiatric facilities that abuse them since 2002

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WkwoY TIL most of the wasabi served outside of Japan is mostly just horseradish with green food coloring, not the true Wasabia Japonica.
P1x1e TIL that sandwiches were invented by John Montagu in the town of Sandwich, England. Montagu invented sandwiches as he was so obsessed with gambling that he usually didn’t have time to sit for a meal, so he often ordered his valet to bring him a piece of meat tucked in between two pieces of bread.
8an7a TIL -40° is the only unit in temperature where both Celsius and Fahrenheit converge.
yGJw TIL there is a drug, ibogaine, that after one dose eliminates the craving for heroin, cocaine and alcohol
E1NAP TIL that the lyrics in Le Freak by CHIC originally contained the words “fuck off” rather then “freak out”. They got the idea after being denied entry to a club and the bouncer told them to “fuck off”. The lyrics were changed since they couldn’t say fuck on the radio.