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TIL it is polite in Japan to slurp your noodles as you eat them because “how could you possibly get the full flavor if you don’t slurp!?”

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j6XVQ TIL the Indian festival of Thaipusam involves carrying a Vel kavadi, a portable altar up to 2m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighing up to 30 kg (66 lb). It is adorned with peacock feathers and attached to the devotee's body using multiple skewers and metal hooks pierced into the skin in the chest and back.
D1k9g TIL Bon Scott of AC/DC once tried to join the Australian Army, but was rejected on the grounds of being "socially maladjusted".
kJYO7 TIL Panasonic software developed a computer program 'Secret Writer's Society' to teach kids to write. Due to a bug in the code, double clicking 'Read' instead of reading back what you wrote, would instead read back the swear filter.
oQZo TIL a planet shaped like a donut is theoretically possible
OBle TIL there is a 12,000 year old structure, 7,000 years older than mesopotamia, being excavated in Turkey.