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TIL dancing in clubs after midnight is illegal in Japan

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a84QJ TIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhere without his coffin
ZpLAG TIL before WWII 20% of the entire Jewish global population lived in Poland.
D1Ybp TIL that after the Taliban blew up two giant 4th-century Buddha statues, a network of caves were discovered which held ancient Buddhist paintings and another giant Buddha statue. This previously undiscovered statue was 62 ft tall, bigger than the two that were destroyed.
vbmK TIL that an unknown Freddie Mercury, at the time a London shoe stall assistant, fitted David Bowie for a pair of boots – over 10 years before “Under Pressure” was recorded.
RwgQ TIL that a Roman emperor, Caracalla was killed while urinating on the side of the road by one of his sword wielding bodyguards.