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TIL only 22 countries have not been invaded or attacked by Britain

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4kgaN TIL that the Japanese have a word "Busshu-suru" which translates as "To do the Bush thing" meaning "to vomit" referring to the time when George H.W. Bush' vomited in Japan's prime minister's lap.
R7x16 TIL researchers did an experiment in 1999 on rats to see how long they could live without sleep. They mostly lasted 2 weeks of this torture before succumbing.
wLYVP TIL "in Russia, Norway and many northern and eastern European countries synchronized clapping is more popular than random clapping."
8MJZ TIL that Mahi-mahi stay with their mate and if one of the pair is caught, the partner stays in the same location awaiting its mate to reappear.
OG7N1 TIL that Art Spiegelman, the author of Maus was the creator of Garbage Pail Kids