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TIL Yellow Journalism is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines.

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rRPNx TIL Dong Chim, a prank translated as “poop needle” where you poke someone with your index fingers between their butt cheeks with as much force as possible, is so popular in South Korea that a town there decided a statue of children playing should depict the prank.
4Xg1b TIL A maximum-security prison in Uganda has a soccer league (run and played by prisoners), with an annual soccer tournament. The tournament is taken very seriously; they have a uniforms, referees, cleats, and a 30-page constitution. The winning team gets prizes such as soap, sugar, and a goat.
D1kEv TIL "Foo Fighters" was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project. It was a nickname coined by Allied aircraft pilots for UFOs. Grohl named it after that, as he wanted people to feel that it was a group, because he had recorded the first record by playing all the instruments himself.
RjZa TIL in 2011 Japan had 442 total homicides. In 2014, on average, there were 490 suicides per week. It is one of the most disproportionate homicide to suicide rates in the world.
AKBn TIL in 1981 Steve Wozniak returned to the University of California, Berkeley, under the alias Rocky Clark, to finally complete his electrical engineering degree after his success at Apple.