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TIL Detroit holds the record for the city with the most rejected bids to host the Olympics.

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W7O6L TIL Japanese government once banned imported skis because "The snow is different in Japan"
0waNR TIL that the Japanese word "tempura" originates from the Portuguese word "tempêro" which means "to "season". Also, the tempura tradition was indirectly started by the Portuguese when they brought oil to Japan around 400 years ago.
LbKP TIL of a homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
GA55G TIL: Maria Rasputin, Rasputin's daughter, after his death worked as a cabaret dancer, then for the Busch Circus. In one season, she became a lion tamer. She was eventually mauled by a bear and left the circus to work as a riveter in the US before dying in LA.
BgLlx TIL Half of pregnancies in giant pandas result in twins but the mother chooses the stronger cub and the other one is left to die of starvation.