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TIL No US sport is in the top 5 and the NFL is not in the top 10 globally for sport popularity.

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wXPE TIL that if you commit suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the company will charge the family a disruption fee.
Men47 TIL that Duelling was a sport at the 1906 Olympics and 1908 Olympics.
LQYQd TIL the production, consumption, and distribution of porn is illegal in South Korea.
oB9J7 TIL Mary Kay Bergman, the woman who voiced Daphne in Scooby-Doo and all the female characters on South Park, committed suicide via shotgun.