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TIL that Japan addresses don’t have street names. Addresses are from largest to smallest units = Prefecture(city) - ward - district - block - building number.

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KYdNR TIL the creator of HBO's White Lotus was a contestant on both Survivor and The Amazing Race.
8eyl8 TIL Split-Brain Experiments by Sperry and Gazzaniga showed in patients with severed corpus callosums (to treat severe epilepsy), the two hemispheres were unable to communicate. The experiment showed consciousness can “split” into two separate streams within the same person.
W7yk4 TIL the "snake oil salesman" is attributed to Clark Stanley who gained national attention marketing snake oil at the 1893 World's Fair. In 1916 a USDA analysis concluded there was no snake oil in his concoction at all, and that it was 99% mineral oil. He was fined $20 ($543.69 in 2022).
e0apg TIL Red Solo Cups are popular souvenirs for people visiting America
6QA7 TIL That the first Victoria Cross was awarded to a 20 year old Ships Mate, for picking up a live shell that landed on the deck and throwing it overboard. He was promoted on the spot, rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and married the Captains daughter.