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TIL that 76% of Japan is Atheist

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QGEe TIL that James Sinegal, former CEO of Costco, said he did not care about Wall Street analysts who had criticized him for putting good treatment of employees and customers ahead of pleasing shareholders. A favorite quote attributed to Sinegal is “you have to take the shit with the sugar”
x7Rg TIL there are a pair of sharkskin gloves that will shred your hand if you attempt to take them off. The gloves sell for $978.00.
j66Wn TIL that Pres. George HW Bush vomited on the lap of Japanese PM Kiichi Miyazawa during a 1992 state banquet. The incident caused a wave of late night TV jokes & ridicule, even coining Busshu-suru meaning "to do the Bush thing or bushing it". It was also spoofed in the film "Hot Shots! Part Deux."
78Dap TIL that in the 1950s, Las Vegas embraced its proximity to nuclear testing in Nevada. Hotels and casinos marketed "atomic tourism," hosting rooftop viewing parties where guests could sip "atomic cocktails" while watching mushroom clouds rise from bomb tests just 65 miles away.
grDRW TIL that despite sharing the same monarch, the countries of the British Commonwealth recognize the King or Queen's Official Birthday on completely different days.