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TIL that Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is an allegory for the problem of child prostitution and the sex industry in Japan.

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oBWoW TIL that in 1997, dockers in Oakland, Vancouver, Yokohama and Kobe refused to work a scab ship from Liverpool in solidarity with 500 Liverpool dockers who were sacked for refusing to cross a picket line. There is no confirmation of what finally happened to those containers.
j7yp TIL: Someone purchased John Lennon’s teeth for $30,500 in hopes to clone him in the future.
XE9Lk TIL future World Series-winning manager Terry Francona managed the Double-A Birmingham Barons in 1994 when Michael Jordan played a season of minor league baseball with the Barons
ewb TIL Ernie’s song ‘rubber duckie’ won a grammy nomination and reached #16 on the charts in 1970
D1eXr TIL the tiny island country of Tokelau’s electricity is generated entirely by solar power. However, when it is overcast outside, the island runs on generators powered by coconut oil.