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TIL that 2,000 Japanese were asked to name the best invention of the 20th Century. Their top two answers were Ramen noodles and Karaoke.

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6E0am TIL the summit of Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua in Argentina at a distance of 17,755 km (11,032 miles)
Lb9r TIL that members of the Russian Mafia would tattoo of Lenin, Marx, and Engels on their chest or vital organs because firing squads could not shoot images of USSR’s founding fathers.
awxWJ TIL that Ziggy Marley recorded the theme song "Believe in Yourself" for the children's show Arthur
4kAXX TIL Rwanda's Akagera national park is the largest protected wetland in Africa and safari destination with elephants, lions. But in 1997 it was reduced in size by close to 50% as the land was allocated to populations returning after the 1994 genocide
b6kLa TIL . . . about Sadako Sasaki's poignant story in Hiroshima. Despite illness from the atomic bomb, she folded cranes for healing. Though she's gone, her legacy thrives. Thousands of cranes sent yearly echo her hope and strength.