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TIL Most of Sony’s total global revenue comes from selling life insurance in Japan

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168ND TIL that Magikarp is based off of a folktale about a carp swimming upstream and if it gets past the dragon gate it turns into a dragon. It's meant to be a symbol of passing the imperial exams
nEDG TIL according to Chili Appreciation Society International, cooks are forbidden from putting beans in chili.
VMaAD TIL that while Elizabeth Fraser was recording “Teardrop” with Massive Attack, she found out that her boyfriend Jeff Buckley drowned. She now considers this song to be “kind of about him.”
D1g6g TIL 28 of 50 US states do not require employers to give their workers rest or lunch breaks
6E5gY TIL in December 1999 a schizophrenic man broke into George Harrison’s home and stabbed him over 40 times. His wife incapacitated the man and George was hospitalized. His official statement following the attack was “He wasn't a burglar, and he certainly wasn't auditioning for the Traveling Wilburys.”