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TIL that the oil and gas companies used to sponsor the media and the news would show their ads during the broadcast

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v1lML TIL of Takayama Ukon, a 1500s Japanese Daimyo who converted to Catholicism and is a candidate for Sainthood in the Vatican. If canonized, Takayama will be the first Samurai saint, the only Daimyo saint, and since he was exiled to the Philippines for being a Christian, the third Filipino saint.
ZpYAD TIL of the Bronx Zoo Most Dangerous Animal in the World exhibit of 1963, which featured a cage and a mirror, allowing visitors to see that it was humanity which was most dangerous.
g4VX TIL Sri Lanka and India were connected by a faint 50 kilometer long sandbar that existed until 1480 when a storm broke it. People used to walk the wispy sandbar from the mainland to the large island in the Indian Ocean, losing sight of the land masses. Scientists still argue as to how it was formed.
LkMEd TIL Ninjas didn't actually wear black masks. The black mask associated with ninjas is actually an amalgamation of how a thief dressed in Japan. Ninjas also didn't use shuriken Throwing stars), they were used by Samurai swordsmen.
vPdnL TIL hemp can grow up to 2 inches per day