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TIL dancing in clubs after midnight is illegal in Japan
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TIL of Shizo Kanakuri, a japanese athlete who collapsed during the 1912 olympics marathon. Embarrassed, he went home without notifying race officials. He eventually came back to finish, with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds
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TIL that the Brazilian village of Candido Godoi, 7k inhabitants mostly of German descent, have the greatest birth rate of twins in the world (1/5 births). Some believe it is the result of genetic experiments of nazi medic Mengele, notorious for his obsession with creating an Aryan race.
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TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp
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TIL about Guinea Worm Disease, an extremely painful parasitic infection characterized by spaghetti-like worms up to 1 meter in length slowly emerging from the human body through blisters on the skin.
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TIL That August 1st is International Childfree Day. And was originally created in 1973 to celebrate people who voluntarily choose not to have children.