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TIL The Japanese government has been hosting speed-dating events in hopes that the result will lead to more children as the countries population has dropped by more than 1 million since 2010

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EXW TIL Matthew Perry (“Chandler” from Friends) played Fallout 3 so often that he had to see a doctor for his hands.
QNxjd TIL that Beethoven originally dedicated the Symphony No 3 to Napoleon Bonaparte. However Beethoven withdrew the dedication upon learning that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor.
aDK0 TIL Scots didn’t wear kilts until three centuries after the period depicted by the film “Braveheart.”
KOy9J TIL during the Operations Crossroads Nuclear Test, much of the ships surrounding the blasts were populated with test animals, many died, except for Pig #311, which was found swimming in the lagoon after the blast, and went on to live at the National Zoo in D.C.
b9Lp TIL the Soviet Tu4 was a reversed-engineered copy of the US B29 bomber. Copied to such detail that every Tu4 had a rivet hole in one wing exactly where an unknown Boeing engineer mistakenly drilled it in the B29 used as a template.