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TIL that for a brief period of time in 2021, Hasbro, the toy company, owned Death Row Records.

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4yy6 TIL Tokyo’s Mitsui Garden Yotsuya hotel offers ‘crying rooms’ only to women. Y. Ezato, the PR representative for the hotel, says with more Japanese women succeeding in the workforce, it’s causing a rise in female stress/anxiety. The rooms include tear-jerking movies, luxurious tissues & warm sheets
m1nEO TIL that Larry Holmes was one victory away from matching Rocky Marciano’s unsurpassed heavyweight record of 49-0, when he was defeated by Michael Spinks.
PYDbn TIL: The word “avocado” comes from the Aztec word for “testicle”. Likely due to the shape and the way they grow in pairs.
jnZQ Today I learned that the Retiarius, a type of gladiator who fought with a net and trident while wearing little armour, was considered effeminate for his use of evasion and entrapment. They were the lowest class of gladiator as a result, despite having the advantage in fights.
E1WnX TIL Scientists have turned spinach into beating human heart tissue