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TIL heterosexual prostitution is illegal in Japan, but homosexual prostitution is not. This is because homosexual relations are not “true” sexual conduct, but only “imitation.”

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awExy TIL That the Word Galaxy Is Derived From the Greek 'Gala', for Milk. The Name Stems From a Tale in Greek Mythology Where Heras Spills Breast Milk Forming a Band of Light Across the Sky, Which We Now Know Is the Milky Way
wLKeW TIL Koreans believe Japan standardised the spelling on 'Korea' (as opposed to 'Corea') so that 'Japan' would appear first alphabetically.
xVAQk TIL President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda hold the Guinness World Record for "Greatest Robbery of a Government". They stole hundreds of millions of dollars causing the total national loss from between $5 and $10 billion
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