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TIL In Japan, it's required by law that married couples must share the same surname.

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jNmJa TIL the practice of “topping out”, a ceremony symbolizing the completion of a building or its skeleton, dates back over a thousand years and is celebrated worldwide.
Qpda TIL “Gringo” did not originate in Mexico to describe Americans, but in Spain in the 1700’s to describe foreigners whose speech was incomprehensible. Gringo likely came from the word “griego” meaning Greek, which in Spanish was used in the same way as English, “it’s Greek to me” (hablar in griego).
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b6p99 TIL: In Japan, there is a growing ultra educated (Masters/Phd) working poor class that makes around $27,000. This is due to an abundance of part time lecturers with PhDs, but not enough students, online classes, and a declining population. Many professors work at convenience stores or quit teaching.