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Til before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known in China as Wa (倭) meaning "short" or "submissive". Japanese envoys found it offensive and requested a name change

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JGPl TIL of the “Hygiene Hypothesis”, which states that a kid’s environment can be too clean to stimulate a kid’s immune system resulting in those kids getting sick more than kids brought up in households in which the parents don’t constantly douse everything/everyone in disinfectant & hand sanitizer.
KYr8R TIL that in 2005, Roy E. Disney ousted then-CEO Micheal Eisner alleging mismanagement, neglect of the studio's animation division, failures with ABC, and a corporate mentality in the executive structure that turned the Walt Disney Company into a “rapacious and soulless” conglomerate.
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