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TIL about the Henokiens, an association of companies that have been continuously operating and remain family-owned for 200 years or more

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j6VXE TIL: The Kanbari Nyūdō is a Japanese yokai(demon/ghost) that haunts bathrooms and spies on people as they are using the toilet on New Year's Eve. Encountering one brings bad luck for the new year. To counter it say "ganbari nyūdō, hototogisu!” (“ganbari priest, cuckoo!”) before using the toilet.
gMQ98 TIL That The Furniture Industry On Avg. Has A Markup Between 200% - 400%
N7kYE TIL of the Köhler Effect: when one less-capable person works harder to match more-capable people in the same task. Köhler Effect is strongest when a less-able man is paired with a more-capable woman, (thought to be because it's more embarrassing to men to be outperformed by a woman than a man).
b9vep TIL the first recorded battle in history was the Battle of Megiddo in 1457 BC. It left such an impression on the Levantine people there that they believed the final battle of humanity would take place there as well. That's where the word Armageddon comes from.
ZWPo TIL Cliché is an onomatopoeia of the noise made by a printing press when something is printed over and over again, or in other words “Stereotyped”