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TIL in Japan people eat deep fried Maple leaves. As a Canadian I say wow.

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Nane TIL the author of Leaving Las Vegas killed himself after learning it was being made into a film. His father said the novel was his suicide note.
vPenj TIL of Jackass Annie Road. In 1954 doctors told "Jackass Annie" Wilkins (63) of Minot, Maine that she would soon die. Wanting to see California, she rode a horse there and back over 17 months. Wilkins wrote a book about her adventure and lived until 1980. Minot renamed a street after her.
p8dd4 TIL When Nikola Tesla showed in 1898 a radio controlled boat, people accused him of having a trained monkey driving it.
XwOD TIL if all the LEGO bricks produced were shared out equally every single person on Earth would own 86 LEGO bricks.
m9gP TIL that the word Ignorant is describing a person in the state of being unaware, and is often (incorrectly) used to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard information