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TIL that in front of the Embassy of Japan, there is a statue of a small girl staring at it, representing the comfort women who passed away having waited for true apology from Japan.

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l7YoN TIL That the majority of Purple Hearts issued to the US military over the last seventy five years were produced in 1945. In anticipation of high casualties for the unrealized invasion of Japan high production of the medal resulted in an end of war surplus of almost 500 000.
m11LY TIL Reese from Malcolm in the Middle was almost cast as Anakin Skywalker.
e08Yn TIL that the Yale Tablets contain the world's oldest recorded recipes that were written in 1700 BC. In 2018, a team recreated its recipe for beef stew.
8a5Xa TIL Samuel Johnson, of Dictionary fame, had a beloved black cat, Hodge. A statue of Hodge, sitting atop a dictionary, is outside Johnson's house in London, now a museum. Johnson admitted he had better cats, but described Hodge as "a very fine cat indeed," the inscription at the base of the statue.
oRRmR TIL that John Cena chose to act in all three "Fred" movies on Nickelodeon because he thought that the character's popularity was a cultural milestone and that Lucas Cruikshank's (the main actor) quick rise from posting on YouTube to getting a movie deal was the embodiment of the American Dream.