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TIL Japans current emperor until 2019 was the son of Hirohito

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l0ZB TIL drug companies routinely bribe universities to skew doctor’s courses in their favor
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wNNM TIL that according to Robert Downey, Jr., they wanted Bill Murray to consider a role in Iron Man, but “nobody could find him.”
eB4b TIL that a vehicle’s “dashboard” originally was a barrier of wood or a leather apron affixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris “dashed”(tossed) up by the wheels and horses’ hooves.
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