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TIL Chinese messenger WeChat had more mobile transactions over just Chinese New Year in 2016 than PayPal had during the entirety of 2015

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rRyjW TIL about The Mariko Aoki phenomenon in Japan. It's the urge to defecate that is suddenly felt after entering bookstores
awAmb TIL tea was so important to wartime Britain, that in 1942 the government attempted to purchase all the tea in the world
xVD4g TIL There are at least 3 companies operating under some form of the name WHATABURGER or What-A-Burger. There is the Texas based company, Virginia based, and a third based in the Carolinas. They sued each other in the early 2000's and a result of the lawsuits was that all 3 could keep using the name.
GlpE TIL if you cut a bulldog ant in two, the two halves immediately get entranced in a fight to the death.
D1Vrg TIL After working as a repairman in the U.S. Air Force, Morgan Freeman joined the Pasadena Playhouse where he started to dance even though he says he never could really dance. Ultimately it landed him his first acting job. "I looked good doing it, but, no, I could never really dance."