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TIL that Japan's population is rapidly declining, and Tohoku University established a countdown to national extinction - research estimates that the nation "will have only one remaining child in 4025".

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17pV TIL that when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States was the world’s largest creditor nation. When he left office in 1989, the United States was the world’s largest debtor nation.
R5L6 TIL A tidal wave hit Hawaii on April 1, 1946. Many ignored the tidal warnings, thinking them an April Fools Prank. The disaster killed 159 people and caused $26 million in damages.
jBwQ TIL That the movie “Sideways” singlehandedly dropped overall price and demand for Merlot….“I’m not drinking a F*#$%$ Merlot!”
0wEWv Today I learned about a new dog breed which is really amazing ???? now I wanna adopt !!
6EMEX TIL that when Lumber Baron William E Boeing created the Boeing Airplane Company in 1917 the company depended on designs from their first aeronautical engineer hire, Chinese MIT grad Wong Tsu. He worked for a year with the company before returning to China. He fled to Taiwan when Mao took over China