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TIL There is a Restaurant in Japan called 'The restaurant of mistaken orders' that employs people with Dementia

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x6kmB TIL: About João de Sá, a 15th century African slave who eventually became a court jester in Portugal and then a gentleman courtier. He was frequently mocked by other courtiers for his skin color, but he had the unique privilege of being the only one who can mock nobility without consequences.
WkDN TIL that the United States dropped from 17th to 47th place, in the Press Freedom Index since 2002.
LkKxP TIL in a 1991 football match in Uruguay, a striker was wearing multiple gold chains. When he went up front for a corner, a defender pulled off one of the chains and put it in his sock. Neither the striker nor anyone else noticed, but TV cameras picked it up. At full time, the defender was arre-sted
gra79 TIL Abraham Lincoln signed the bill creating the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the day he was assassinated.
oR4ro TIL The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves, the oldest horse thief apprehension and detention society in the USA, has never apprehended or detained a single horse thief.