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TIL that a cafe in Japan is hiring paralysed people to to control robot servers in order to still make an income.

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E5wd TIL that over 2,000 children under the age of 5 die daily due to a lack of clean drinking water.
POgL TIL in the 1930s, African Americans weren’t allowed to compete in sanctioned bowling tournaments, so they formed their own all-black bowling league. They called it the NBA.
WkL5Y TIL that in the 1936 Olympic games, boxer Thomas Hamilton-Brown lost his opening bout so went on an eating binge to console himself. An error was soon discovered and it turned out he didn't lose, but was disqualified from competition because he had gained so much weight from binge eating.
m15Kx TIL that During the Victorian Era, rich English people would host “unwrapping” parties with genuine Egyptian mummies.
Oo0Ve TIL in 2010, a Japanese chef from Nagoya, Japan was crowned World Champion for having the best pizza in the world, topping 150 chefs from other countries, including Italy.