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TIL to get Japanese citizenship before 1945, Koreans had to submit information about ten generations of their family and ancestors (at least 2000 people)

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xWlo TIL the population of Kabul, Afghanistan has grown from 500,000 in 2001 to about 4 million today after the elimination of the Taliban regime.
wLJBE TIL - The Decameron is a frame story written in 1353 by Boccaccio, containing 100 erotic tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
R58Q TIL The NFL is Tax Exempt
rXa1 TIL international research has shown that using a simple one-page checklist reduces surgery deaths by 40%
OwoR TIL Bill Murray tossed a producer into a lake during the filming of “What about Bob.” He also “threatened to throw her across the parking lot, then broke her sunglasses and threw them across the parking lot.”