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TIL that Tokyo Police were handed in nearly $30 million in lost cash in 2023.

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jNdOn TIL that the New Zealander singer Wing sent Trey Parker of South Park a letter of thanks as a result of the boost of sales of her records after she was featured in a South Park episode.
WkNEd TIL of Bob Fletcher: he took care of the farms of three Japanese-American families as they were interned in World War 2. By maintaining their farms and paying their taxes and mortgages, he ensured the families didn't lose everything. He was finally shot at for supporting these families.
WJxY TIL that real-life treasure hunters found $500 million worth of treasure after finding an 1804 Spanish Shipwreck. The Spanish government sued, won, and got all of the treasure. The treasure hunters were also ordered to pay $1 million dollars for Spain’s litigation fees.
xVp6b TIL Phineas Gage, (1823–1860) an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe.
NE4P TIL Anthropologists believe cats approached humans on their own terms 12,000 years ago. The first agricultural societies stored food that attracted mice, the cats decreased the rodent population by eating them, and a mutual relationship began.