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TIL of Kiyoshi Kimura - A sushi restaurant chain CEO who helped reduce Somali pirates activity by giving them training in fisheries, initially sourcing them fishing vessels and networking them to the fishery distribution network. Ultimately helping them to become fishermen

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PYmQE TIL that in WWII the US was going to use Bat Bombs on Japan to burn down houses and forests.
ner1d TIL of the White Horse Tavern in Newport, RI. It was opened in 1673 and is currently the oldest operating bar/restaurant in the United States.
8avdP TIL that poison control was started by one Chicago pharmacist that started keeping notes on new cleaning products when people came into the ER and started taking calls at home 24/7
gMN09 TIL that a “thing” was a term used to describe a governing assembly in medieval Saxon and Viking cultures. A thing was presided over by law speakers, and free members of the community were called to attend.
9YBK7 TIL that in the 1800s in a domain in the Philippines, feudal lords prevented peasants to celebrate festivals except for one every year. The peasants used this opportunity to mock the lords by making giant puppet versions of them. The festival is celebrated yearly since then.