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TIL: A Japanese cup of rice is not a cup of rice (sort of)

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b6x69 TIL Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbour, once studied at Harvard University in the United States and was appointed naval attaché to the Japanese embassy in Washington.
OoOEa TIL about the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects all of the other human rights that aren't mentioned in the Constitution.
OGaB4 TIL Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Unlike genetic changes, epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence. Epigenetic changes affect gene expression to turn genes “on” and “off.”
M5Na Today I learned that Activision, the company behind the Call of Duty series, runs an endowment dedicated to finding employment opportunities and jobs training for veterans. The Call of Duty Endowment claims to helped place over 25,000 vets in well paying jobs since 2009.
nMjB TIL Jediism is a recognized religion, and that there are more Jedi than Scientologists in Britain