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TIL The Boston Tea Party destroyed an equivalent of $1.7million of tea in today's money.

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5VXaP TIL of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon, a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores.
Jowk TIL that declawing a cat is illegal in many countries because its similar to amputating a finger tip.
mxPlo TIL During the influenze pandemic of 1918-1920, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness in Germany, the UK, France, and the US. Papers were free to report the effects in Spain, giving a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit, giving rise to the name "Spanish flu".
KweB TIL seconds is short form for second minutes as it is the second division of an hour by sixty
XE8n6 TIL about Allen Wu, the fired CEO of ARM China who still continues to operate ARM China as he is in possession of ARM China's official company stamp (chop), which is required to legally fire him