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TIL That the recent Japanese Earthquake shortened the day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted the Earth’s axis by 6.5 inches.

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pQpe TIL that Far Cry 4 had a hidden ending; at the beginning the main villain leaves, asking the player to stay. If they leave, it sets the events of the game in motion. If they stay for 15 minutes, the villains returns and they go off as friends to shoot some guns, cutting straight to the ending.
Q4RM TIL that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate. This effect is independent of divorce, southerness, poverty, and gun availability.
mxW8M TIL about kyōtei - literally "Boat Race" - which is one of only four 'public sports' that you can legally bet on in Japan. It's been called "Japan's NASCAR". Competitors are randomly given a boat and motor and they then have a period of time where they can tune it.
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OKne TIL there is a museum in Croatia named “Froggyland” which is entirely composed of over 500 stuffed Frogs in human positions.