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TIL that the list of big banks in 1988 is dominated by Japanese institutions, which captured the first 10 spots and 17 of the top 25.

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d1D7 TIL Asimov’s law states: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
GY61G TIL that people live inside the Grand Canyon. Supai Village, the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, boasts a population of a couple of hundred residents, is considered the most remote community in the continental US, and is the only place where mail is delivered and carried out by mule.
EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
KOKwE TIL: the Sweden pays 80% of an employees salary if they are carrying an infectious virus so they won’t go around spreading it at work.
ne0Oo TIL 600 years ago the Japanese placed ancient stone markers along the coastline to warn future generations not build there due to the risk of tsunamis