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TIL that South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna has not finished off the podium in her ENTIRE career

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awpEb TIL current Emperor of Japan, Akihito, plans to retire next April. This will be the first time in 200 years a living emperor of Japan has abdicated. With the ascension of his son, Naruhito, a new era of Japanese history will be proclaimed
Rk94 TIL a radio station offered six figures to anyone that would get a tattoo of the station’s logo onto their forehead. A man and his stepson did so and upon requesting the money they were told they “weren’t entitled to anything.”
KYEGR TIL that in the early Middle Ages the Scots, originating in Ireland, colonised what is now Scotland and replaced the native Britons and Picts.
jMen TIL the University of Phoenix spends more on marketing and advertising than on teaching and classroom expenses
p8oZQ TIL that Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica is the tallest cemetery in the world with restaurants, concert hall and gardens. It has 32 floors with 150 tombs in each floor. It offers a three year burial option which costs between between $5,900 and $21,000.