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TIL a young American applied for and got a job as a reporter - reporting in Japanese - at the biggest Japanese daily, and went on to uncover a deal between a major yakuza boss and the FBI.

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pQbp TIL A recent study of toxoplasmosis shows no link with behavioral abnormalities
pNYO TIL that Lee Jong-rak created a “baby box”. He built it beside his house to allow parents to deposit their mentally handicapped or unwanted babies, to stop them being abandoned on the side of the road.
LkglQ TIL many countries have their own version of “when pigs fly.” In South Africa it’s “When horses grow horns.” In Russia: “When the crawfish whistles on the mountain.” In Albania: “On August 36.” In Greece: “Right on the Day of St. Dick’s”
b67BE TIL that PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are in our blood and recent evidence shows blood or plasma donations can reduce them.
g5BD TIL: There is a device you can place on your window that actually turns the glass into a speaker cancelling outside noise, and also allows you to select which sounds you want to penetrate.