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TIL that the age of consent in Japan is 13

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A4Zw TIL in feudal Japan lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.
781BL TIL trepanation involved drilling holes into the skull. Contrary to popular belief, not all patients subjected to it died. Archaeologists have found many skulls with partially healed openings, suggesting that some survived the procedure.
OoMDe TIL that because of a treaty signed in 1795, the state of New York still gives 150 bushels of salt to the Onondaga people every spring
yDre TIL: The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad was known as the “Little Giant"since the tonnage that it moved was out of proportion to its route mileage. It operated around one tenth of one percent of the nation’s railroad miles, it hauled around one percent of its tonnage.
Medga TIL that the only people who banned Christmas in America, were Christians.