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TIL that 'Soramimi' or 'soramimi kashi' is a Japanese term for homophonic translation of song lyrics.

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PYVvZ TIL when Ray Davies of The Kinks took his first driving test, he ran a woman over. When he got out to help her, he forgot to put the handbrake on and the car rolled over her shopping.
e0b6g TIL when the USS S-5 began partially sinking after a failed submerged test run it was approached by the steam ship Atlanthus who signaled them "Where bound?" to which the S-5 responded with "Hell by compass."
VMJNm TIL The oldest continuously occupied residence in California is the Rios Adobe in San Juan Capistrano, built in 1794 for Feliciano Rios, a soldier at Mission San Juan Capistrano. The current owner 225 years later is Stephen Rios, an ex-Marine raising the 10th generation in the adobe.
xVERk TIL as of Aug. 14, 2012, scientists have discovered that the fighting on D-Day was so heavy that 4% of Normandy's sand was still shrapnel.
YpLZv TIL that the US army guys who took part in the clean up of Enewetak Atol after nuclear testing are dying from radiation related illnesses and the US government wont recognise them.