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TIL that in Japan, May 9th is officially recognized as “Goku Day” to honor the protagonist of the Dragonball series.

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PRae TIL that a quarter of the US doesn’t have access to dependable broadband. They still use dial-up
y6gM TIL that a water resitant watch classified for 30 meters wouldn’t even survive swimming or showering.
neVkb TIL Tasmanian opium farmers found crop circles in their fields. Wallabies were getting high and going around in circles.
xVNl5 TIL That when Napoléon I emancipated the Jews he stated "I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country" the Russian Orthodox Church labelled him as the 'Anti-Christ and The Enemy of God'
kJ67W TIL about the Spiegel affair, 1962 West German political incident in which the country's Minister of Defense arrested the chief editor of a magazine for writing an article critical of the nation's military.