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dnlr TIL that “2009 tuna samples from sushi restaurants in New York City” showed that 5/9 restaurants were serving Escolar, a fish banned in Japan for its toxicity since 1977.
O0ga TIL the Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna. And in 1913, the tower transmitted a signal all the way to Washington DC.
VMWmQ TIL: The Soviet K-429 nuclear submarine sunk twice and than became a training sub
6EnjW Today I learned that the English word "tycoon" is borrowed from the Japanese word "Taikun", the diplomatic title of the Japanese Shogun
BgyjK TIL That John Wycliffe's body was exhumed and burned at the stake for heresy forty-four years after his death