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TIL Japan’s “proof of parking” rule is a regulation requiring car owners to provide proof of a designated parking space before registering or purchasing a car.

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E1YyX TIL in 1945, a man survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air raid shelter, spent the night there, and caught the morning train to arrive at his job – in Nagasaki – where he survived yet another nuclear blast
OomAg TIL That under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog.
N7K1b TIL: A farmer in Colorado paid $60K for the retired squad car of a deputy who was killed in the line of duty to gift the car to the deputy’s son.
NJWN TIL: One of the founding fathers, Benjamin Rush, believed that blacks were actually white underneath, but they were stricken with a non-contagious disease which darkened their skin colour. However, he believed with proper treatment, blacks could be cured and become white.
KYGMB TIL in 1995, producers for Striptease and G.I. Jane got into a bidding war to see who could get Demi Moore to film first. Striptease won which resulted in Moore being offered 12.5 million dollars which was more money than any other woman in Hollywood had ever been offered at the time.