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TIL a 2009 Chevy Malibu would absolutely destroy a classic muscle car during a car crash

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9B5Q TIL one reason that you so often see people holding fans in ancient Japanese paintings/art is because the fan was a common self defense weapon. It had a metal rod inside, and there is an entire martial art dedicated to fighting with the fan.
8yD4 TIL if you are a worker in Norway and you become unemployed, you will receive 87.6% of your previous salaries for 500 days
byVQ TIL: Blood type is so important in Japan, you can be hired (or fired) for it, as well as buy blood-type-specific products like condoms that “are all the same, but contain different instructions for each blood group”
gMYMD TIL legendary composer Danny Elfman, behind such classics as the Simpsons theme song as well as the Nightmare before Christmas soundtrack, also wrote the song "Little Girls", also known as the Pedobear Song.
nLXW TIL that the Øresund Bridge, connecting Sweden with Denmark, ends overwater and continues underwater.