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TIL that 98% of all Adoptions in Japan are of Male Adults, so that family businesses can remain within the family.

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pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.
6EXGX TIL An estimated two-thirds of all US $100 bills are held outside the US
R54jQ TIL that when Hamlet talks about knowing “a hawk from a handsaw,” he wasn’t referring to the tool but a bird (handsaw was originally “heronshaw,” an old form of “heron.”)
emrn TIL that Bike Helmet Law was defeated in Denmark partly because “the overwhelming evidence is that enforced helmet laws lead to very much less cycling, particularly for utility journeys and amongst young people.”
rRQdx TIL when The Troggs lost their popularity, their guitarist Chris Britton quit playing in the band and instead started managing a night club in Spain.