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TIL 90% of all adoptions in Japan are adult adoptions, mostly men in their 20-30´s. Reason: Business leaders need a succesfull son to take over the business.

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GYbj7 TIL a robot named hitchBOT successfully hitchhiked across Canada but when he tried to repeat this feat in the US he was beaten to death and dismembered in Philadelphia
LkKxP TIL in a 1991 football match in Uruguay, a striker was wearing multiple gold chains. When he went up front for a corner, a defender pulled off one of the chains and put it in his sock. Neither the striker nor anyone else noticed, but TV cameras picked it up. At full time, the defender was arre-sted
MkLK TIL that there is a heavy metal singer Catholic priest known as “Brother Metal”
jDoj TIL A software developer outsourced his work to China paying someone else less than one fifth of his six-figure salary to do his job. He used the free time mostly to surf the web and watch cat videos.
rRmRW TIL - To avoid tariffs, Mercedes Benz disassembles brand new German built and tested vans, ships the separated components to the USA, then reassembles the vans in a factory in Charleston SC. The one US made component is the battery.