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Today I Learned that high schools in Japan are optional to attend.

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yQpXp TIL That the game Battleship dates back to turn of the 20th century, where is was played with just paper and pen. The game is said to have been played by Russian officers before WWI. A version using plastic pegs wasn't created until 1967.
ed5g TIL Some women - and ONLY women - are born with four color receptor cells in their eyes and can see 100 million colors. Men can NEVER have that ability. A typical human has three color receptors and can see only one million colors.
VM9OB TIL: Wilbur & Orville Wright's father gifted them a toy helicopter (based on an invention of French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud). They played with it until it broke, and then built their own. They later pointed to their experience with the toy as the spark of their interest in flying.
wKjE TIL that the guitarist of the band ‘Phoenix’ was once in a band with friends/future-founders of 'Daft Punk’. They disbanded shortly after receiving a harsh review from a British music magazine in which the reviewer referred to the band’s sound as “a daft punky thrash”.
Yd6G TIL the Third Amendment, protecting against quartering of troops in a residence, has only had one major court case in the history of the United States.