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TIL all new employees and recently-promoted executives at the Japanese company Dentsu have to climb Mount Fuji. This has happened every July since 1925.

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7N6P TIL Hebrew essentially died between 200 and 400 CE, and was revived in 19th century Germany, now having about 9 million speakers
e0Da4 TIL the arrow symbol (→) is a rather recent invention. The first arrow symbols were used sporadically in the 18th century and arrow symbols only became widely used in the late 19th century. Pointing hand symbols (☞) were used for centuries before the arrow symbol was invented.
gM9Z8 TIL Marlon Wayans was cast as Robin in the 1992 film "Batman Returns" and still receives income from the film despite his character getting cut from the script
1aE6X TIL when in 1968 Greek politician Ioannis Ladas beat up an editor who accepted an article about homosexual acceptance in ancient Greece, he denounced BBC's coverage of the event by claiming all BBC journalists were biased homosexuals. This made him an unofficial spokesman for the Greek junta.
1Qm4 TIL that long before 1984 and Brave New World, there was a Soviet totalitarian dystopian novel. It was the first work of art banned by the Soviet censorship bureau and was almost completely forgotten as a result. It is also a very go and quick read.