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TIL that a Qing Princess by the name of Yoshiko Kawashima was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and puppet state of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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89j8 TIL that in 2009 archaeologists discovered elephants, baboons, wildcats and other animals buried in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt. It was possibly the world’s first zoo-like environment, dating back to 3500 B.C.
epZn6 TIL there’s a book called the Voynich Manuscript that’s written in a language no one can understand, leaving its secrets locked away.
wAp1 TIL Peanut butter in Dutch is called “Peanut cheese” because the word butter is only supposed to be used with products that contain actual butter.
VMD4D TIL about a Japanese seafood processing company where workers can work whenever they want, and every week they report what tasks they dislike, which they are then not allowed to do.
g6RX TIL that used condoms were recycled into hair bands in southern China, and were rather successful until doctors raised concerns about contracting warts, AIDS, and other diseases from putting them in your mouth.