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TIL Lush owns the patent for bubble bars. [15:55]

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16yeP TIL the Ebisu Minami circuit closed in 2021 due to damage from the Fukushima earthquake, and safety and finance concerns.
Alnw TIL That all British soldiers shot for desertion and cowardice in World War I were posthumously pardoned. In modern times it is believed that many of the soldiers were suffering the effects of shell shock. They are remembered by the Shot at Dawn Memorial.
KxB9 TIL that children don’t detect sarcasm till they’re about 6 and don’t get the humor in it till they’re about 10
L5nr TIL the Ten commandments quoted by most people aren’t the ten commandments carved into the stone tablets by Moses according to the Bible. The actual Ten Commandments contain gems such as “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk” and “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me.”
WkWpN TIL that in January 2000, British boxer Julius Francis faced Mike Tyson. British newspaper The Mirror was so certain of Francis' defeat that they paid £20,000 for an advert on the soles of his shoes. Francis lost in two rounds, but he enjoyed the biggest payday of his career, at around £350,000