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TIL that when Yoshitaro Shibasaki and his team completed their 1907 ascent of Mount Tsurugi — thought to be the final unclimbed mountain remaining in the Japanese archipelago — they found an ancient sword at the summit that was later determined to have been left there more than 1000 years earlier.

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7ajO TIL that the word “Sniper” refers to a hunter skilled enough to shoot a snipe, a small and fast bird.
4B4N TIL that XHamster has a higher Alexa rating, #55, than BBC, CNN, and Netflix, who have #61, #62, #86, respectively.
j51p TIL A Finnish food company was forced to rebrand its line of meatballs, as they did not contain enough meat. They are now known simply as ‘balls’.
0dE0y Today I learned Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the hospital and won 7.5 million dollars, all of which was donated to charity.
QN7vk TIL that companies using paperless methods to “go green” aren’t actually “going green” at all.