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TIL that in Japan, there are services where you can rent a person to listen to you talk about your problems, no advice or judgment given. It's part of Japan's booming 'rent-a-friend' industry and is meant to help people who need someone to talk to without any strings attached.

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ANKw4 TIL that in 2018 fast food chain Sonic added a limited time Pickle Juice Slushie to their menu, that tasted like pickle juice. In 2022 Sonic brought it back for 3 weeks, because many people on social media wanted them to bring it back.
6R1w TIL an astronaut threw a boomerang while in a space station and it returned to him. As long as there is air to provide the necessary forces, a boomerang will return to its thrower, even in the weightlessness of Earth’s orbit.
J1glk TIL Alvin and the Chipmunks, were created by novelty singer Ross Bagdasarian, performing as Dave Seville. Asked to create another novelty song, he invented the Chipmunks, naming them after record company executives. All three were voiced by Bagdasarian, later his son, and have won 5 Grammys.
xy9w TIL that in “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah”, the big white building in Shinjuku that takes a beating from Mecha-King Ghidorah and Godzilla during the final battle is the main center for tax in Japan, during the cinema showing the audience cheered when it was destroyed.
8apGG TIL A set of foot prints of a young child and a wolf or dog walking side by side was found in the Chauvet Cave in France. This information suggests the origin of the human-dog companionship could date to before the last Ice Age.