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TIL Japanese people answer the phone by saying “moshi moshi” (to friends & family) because foxes cannot say it.

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xgPw TIL Winston Churchill, along with many of the Royal Navy’s highest ranking men, came very close to death after the ship they were on was fired at by a U-boat with 3 torpedoes. All three struck the hull of the ship, but all failed to explode.
BrrYr Short answer: Not as much as humans do
epORE TIL Sega was founded by an American man. A veteran of the Korean War, David Rosen remained in Japan and founded Rosen Enterprises, which would go on to merge with another Japanese company and become the gaming powerhouse.
PYNyZ TIL Only five Olympians have ever won more than eight gold medals. Four of them have nine golds each. Michael Phelps is the fifth, with an unbelievable 23.
9oMB TIL In 1946 the Winecoff Hotel, advertised as “absolutely fireproof”, was the site of the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. 119 people died spurring significant changes in U.S. building codes. A 24-year-old grad student won the 1947 Pulitzer for a shot of one occupant’s leap from the fire.