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TIL the top sumo referees carry a dagger, to symbolize killing themselves if they make a bad call

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16BJ4 TIL that Abe Lincoln's son represented Robert E Lee's son in a Supreme Court Case to reclaim Arlington Cemetery as Lee Jr's personal home; he shortly thereafter sold it right back to the US Gov't. The wiki chain was Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose -> Historian Hesseltine -> Wash/Lee Uni
L1Zm TIL They have to used recycled footage for Ted Mosby’s future kids in How I Met Your Mother because the show has run on for 9 years, and the kids are now IRL 26 (daughter) and 23 (son)
GAAyj TIL In addition to having the world's longest land border (with the USA), Canada also has the world's longest maritime border (with Greenland).
0e8j TIL doll brothels exist in Tokyo.
PrO TIL There’s a script for a Forrest Gump sequel called Gump and Co., based on the book of the same name, in which Forrest is seen inventing New Coke, crashing the Exxon Valdez, accidentally tearing down the Berlin Wall and fighting in Desert Storm with his orangutan sidekick.