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TIL in Japan you can rent a Super Mario go kart and drive through the streets of Tokyo, whilst dressed as Super Mario characters.

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nWjMo TIL The British Royal family take part in a live firing exercise within the SAS's "Killing House" incase they are ever held hostage. King Charles wrote a letter to the squadron excusing them of any crimes should he accidentally be killed during the exercise.
4XQbR TIL The correct way to use a toilet rim block is not to hang it but to stick it inside the bowl rim
Vg74 TIL that only 171,300 tonnes of gold has ever been mined in human history (by comparison, The United States gets 5.6 million tonnes of aluminium a year alone) and that 85% of all gold ever found is still used.
JYkok TIL of Lynn Turner, who in 1995 her husband died after being sick with the flu. In 2001, her second husband died under remarkably similar circumstances, which aroused suspicions. After investigation, it was found that Lynn had murdered both her husbands by poisoning them with antifreeze.
LNVm TIL That the majority of people believe that violent crime rates are at an all time high, despite the fact that they have been steadily declining for decades