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TIL Japan's average elevation is actually quite low, despite the popular perception of Japan being covered in hills and mountains.

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xVj0g TIL about Bass Reeves. 1838 – 1910 The first black deputy Marshall west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma territory. During his long career, he was credited with arresting more than 3,000 felons (including his own son). He shot and killed 14 outlaws.
P1WVJ TIL a survey of 5,188 US workers found that 46% said they take less paid time off work than is offered to them.
GAYWg TIL of Jack Brabham, a former racing driver, who founded the Brabham racing team, winning the 1966 Formula 1 championship driving one of his own cars, the only time it has happened
WmR9 TIL the Nazi’s used German boxer Max Schmeling in propaganda after he beat African American Joe Louis. Schmeling disliked the Nazis, he refused Hitler’s gifts and hid Jewish children during Kristallnacht. He would later becomes friends with Louis and was a pallbearer at his funeral.
4kO65 TIL that there are at least 5 species of shark living in the Thames estuary (which runs through London), and that one of those species is venomous.