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TIL that the Z in Dragon Ball Z was chosen because Z is the last letter of the alphabet and Akira Toriyama wanted to finish the series because he was running out of ideas

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OoNZa TIL there is a town in Alaska called Nikolaevsk that is primarily Russian-speaking
GYBRJ TIL that Jimmy Carter, the ex-US President who builds homes for Habitat for Humanity, qualified to command submarines and had a sub named after him (instead of the more traditional aircraft carrier).
Y78x7 TIL bank reports for cases of check fraud in the US (for both business and personal accounts) more than tripled between 2018 (135,968 cases) and 2022 (451,852 cases).
9Yjor TIL that so many people around the world still use Kerosene lamps because they don't have electricity that they consume about the same amount of Kerosene as the US uses in jet fuel (which is essentially also Kerosene)
kJ6a7 TIL about the Barkley Marathon - a 55 mile race that retraces the path of escaped prisoner Jame Earl Ray (killed MLK). It has been run annually for over 30 years but only 15 entrants have ever finished.