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TIL the Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Gameboy Color is banned in Saudi Arabia because “it promotes Zionism”

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v174K TIL about Mauro Prosperi who was lost in the Sahara. To avoid agonizing death from starvation and to save his wife from legal red tape, he slashed his wrists with a knife. However, due to his severe dehydration, his blood had clotted around the cuts. He reached a nomad tribe a few days later.
Z8ORY TIL John Walker, the founder of Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey brand was a teetotaller meaning he would never drink alcohol himself
WkMXN TIL a Japanese sushi chain CEO majorly contributed to a drop in piracy off the Somalian coast by providing the pirates with training as tuna fishermen
7rDNr TIL that a person takes, on average, about 8 showers per week. Men average 9 minutes per shower and women 9.5 minutes, which comes to about 62 hours per year for men and 65 hours for women.
4kKV5 Today I learned that Tinashe (R&B Artist) was the famous meme "Hero Girl" from Polar Express