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TIL the official tourism ambassador for Shinjuku ward, Tokyo is Godzilla.

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K5D4 TIL James Cameron got the go-ahead to make ‘Aliens’ by writing the word 'Alien’ on a board, then adding an ’s’ and turning it into a dollar sign.
neyno TIL the numbers (1-10) that we use every single day were actually made by Indians and spread by Arabs who found it very easy to use and adopted it into mathematics and is actually called Arabic numerals, because Europeans discovered it via the Arabs during the 6th century. Is this common knowledge?
ep71n TIL There were almost two internets. Then, the CIA destroyed one.
vkdR TIL 70% of Rich Families Lose Their Wealth by the Second Generation. 90% by the Third.
9wwop TIL that the American inventor Isaac Newton Lewis—creator of the Lewis Gun used by America and her allies in WWI—turned down more than $1.2 million in royalties for his invention, equivalent to $35.5 million in 2022 terms