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TIL that there is a school in Moscow whose mission is to enable Russian women to snag rich husbands. Part of the curriculum includes “strengthening and toning the muscles using special equipment — a kind of gym for the vagina.”

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aL6M TIL there was a terrorist organization in the late 1940s in Brazil, made up of Japanese immigrants that believed Japan had won WWII. They urged Japanese Brazilians who did not believe them to commit seppuku, and executed those who didn’t.
R7Rla TIL that in 2012 a German civil, in an email announcing his retirement to his colleagues, admitted that he had done zero work for the last 14 years
D1ZQV TIL that just 3 countries, the United States, Canada, and Chile, account for 98% of the world production of cranberries
YpNax TIL of the film Wake in Fright. Once thought to be lost, an original unedited print was rediscovered by its editor after a fervent search in a shipping container labelled 'for destruction' one week before it was scheduled to be destroyed. The film today is considered a classic of Australian cinema.
rRVeM TIL that Jack Johnson was a professional surfer before singer/songwriter and “at 17 he was the youngest participant to reach the finals at the Pipeline Masters in Maui.”