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TIL Japan is Experiencing a Ninja Shortage as Martial Arts Groups Struggle to Find Qualified Ninjas to Fill Tourist Demand for “Ninja Shows”

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x66ew TIL Ernest Hemingway's paranoia has been ascribed to everything from alcoholism to bi-polar disorder to CTE, but he was indeed being followed by the FBI due to his extensive ties in Cuba
ZpALa TIL Female Kangaroos Have Three Vaginas. Marsupials, including the most popular one, the kangaroo, are equipped with a total of three vaginas. Three vaginas, two uteri, all there to serve their own joey-bearing purpose.
oRnVo TIL Astatine is the rarest naturally-occurring element on Earth with even its "most-stable" isotope having a half-life of around 8 hours! A sample of the pure element cant be assembled as it would be instantly vaporised by the heat of its own Radioactivity! ( Astatos is Greek word for 'unstable' )
Lk4Pr TIL that NBA star Larry Bird would taunt the people guarding him by telling them exactly what he was going to do before he did it.
oRZjA TIL when Frank Zappa was a kid, he always played with mercury that his father brought home from work, often covering his entire bedroom floor with the element. Childhood exposure to mercury is known to increase the risk of prostate cancer as an adult. Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer at age 52.