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TIL that Nintendo once owned sex hotels.

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gkdb TIL in Aug 1914 the Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate in WI was set on fire by a male servant. The servant then killed Wright’s mistress Mamah Cheney, her 2 children and 4 estate workers with an axe. Afterwards he drank muriatic acid but was caught and died in jail 7 weeks later from self starvation.
GYLP4 Til in Belgium, and some other countries, it is illegal to wear a mask that covers your face in whole or in part, in such a way as to be unidentifiable.
Axm4 TIL that if you commit suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the company will charge the family a disruption fee
GAJZg TIL Elvis Presley performed outside the United States three times, all during the 1957 Canadian tour.
YQlG TIL a man independently carved a 360 ft long pathway through a mountain to help shorten a route to/from his impoverished town. After 22 years and much abuse, it was completed and cut 35km off of a commonly traveled route.