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TIL that in Japan students don’t take exams until 4th grade.

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ny09 TIL in 2008, as part of a float, Rick Astley “Rick Roll’d” the entire Macy’s Day Parade.
yVkVa TIL the first female mayor In the United States was a nominated as a joke and was elected over the other candidates.
OpXR TIL: When Carthaginian explorer Hanno reached the Ivory Coast ~600-500 bc, he thought Gorillas were a race of humans and tried to capture some. He ended up killing them for being too violent and took their skins back to Carthage to put on display.
8eJ4b TIL that it costs $75,250 to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Wn1o TIL Tom Hanks was not paid his actor’s fee for his role in the movie Forrest Gump. In lieu of a fee, Tom Hanks took percentage points which earned him about 40 million dollars.