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TIL Otoboke Beaver, an all-female punk quartet from Japan, patterns their music's pacing on Manzai comedy.

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G4bN TIL of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was charged and executed in 2004 for allegedly setting his house on fire to murder his 3 children in 1991. All the evidence against him was debunked by experts in fire investigations 5 years later.
wLreM TIL about the hero Shavarsh Karapetyan who, on two distinct occasions, saved several people, badly injuring himself in the process - a true example of altruism
0dgbL Today I Learned that "Golden Week" in China is a 7 day holiday where workers receive 4 paid days off between 2 weekends so everyone can travel and visit distant family.
ADyLn TIL about Carl Tanzler, a radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida. He developed an obsession for a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient. In 1933, almost 2 yrs after her death, Tanzler removed her body from its tomb, & lived w the corpse for 7 yrs.
17nr TIL that Theodore Roosevelt is the main reason that Americans spell “colour” as “color”.