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TIL Japan measures its cultural output in “Gross National Cool”

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xVX67 TIL it is possible to checkmate an opponent in chess in two moves
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78kyO TIL country singer and sausage magnate Jimmy Dean is buried beneath a 9 foot piano-shaped mausoleum with the epitaph, "Here Lies One Hell of a Man"
wLoNP TIL Paper-towels are NOT recyclable
b9RPj TIL that the origin of the idiom "Red Herring" was itself a red herring. It was originally stated that red herring were used to help hounds sniff out prey. It's misleading because red herring were actually used to train horses and were only used if there were no dead cats available instead.