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TIL that in Japan people don't sign documents but have personal stamps for documents

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wodVM TIL of "Kentucky's Most Hated Man" atheist Charles Moore. He was imprisoned for his outspoken opposition to religion and the Bible and for mailing obscene literature about "Free Love", a social movement that accepts all forms of love.
4XJLN TIL Brøndby Haveby is a series of circular neighborhoods outside Copenhagen that act as vacation homes for nearby city dwellers
kJvPm TIL of Jack, a baboon who acted as an assistant to a disabled railway signalman in the 1800s. Trained to push a wheelchair and operate the railway signals under supervision, the baboon got 20 cents a day, and half a bottle of beer each week. Apparently, he never made a mistake in 9 years of service.
xVGob TIL Kim Jong-nam's murderers thought they were taking part in a TV pranking show by wiping baby lotion on his face. The lotion contained a highly toxic VX nerve agent, they had no idea.
ep4mJ TIL Joseph Kerwin was the first American physician to go to space and had the first chance to study space medicine. Ready on Skylab with a minor surgery kit and drugs, a dislocated finger was the most serious ailment any of the three astronauts experienced when he was there