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TIL that Tokyo has roughly the same population as Canada
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TIL in 1959 a white man from Texas disguised himself as a black man and traveled for six weeks on greyhound buses. After publishing his experiences with racism he was forced to move to Mexico for several years due to death threats.
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TIL about 'Pankration' a combat sport from Ancient Greece that was first introduced into the Ancient Olympics in 648 BC. This sport combined boxing, wrestling, holds, joint locks, and chokes on the ground, making it the earliest form of MMA.
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TIL: Google has map that visualizes major cyber attacks around the world as they happen
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TIL Greek painter Zeuxis, one of the first artists to use realistic imagery, had a contest with his contemporary Parrhasius. Zeuxis drew grapes so flawless that birds came to peck at them, but Parrhasius drew curtains and asked him to pull it aside, which fooled him since they were actually painted.
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TIL that Denmark’s current Queen illustrated the Danish edition of The Lord of the Rings.