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

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QJ0pk TIL the children's cartoon Arthur is still producing new episodes and is on its 21st season, and has been running longer than South Park
XXV6 TIL that Ellen DeGeneres was cast as Dory in Finding Nemo when the director, Andrew Stanton, watched her ‘change the subject 5 times before finishing the sentence’ in conversation with his wife.
JYW1B TIL that during the "Red Scare" of the McCarthyism era, in 1953 the Cincinnati Reds baseball team changed its name to the Redlegs, only reverting back to Reds after the 1959 season.
R7WkQ TIL What was once the great city of Constantinople is now just a small district within the city of Istanbul.
br7Q TIL Kenny the “Down Syndrome” tiger was the result of deliberate inbreeding between rare brother and sister white tigers and most of his siblings were either stillborn or died very young.