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TIL many keyboards in Japan have small space bars to make room for a language switching key

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4k4lR TIL in 2011, a South Korean mall had to be evacuated after a 17-person dance class matched the natural resonance of the building it to violently shake for 10 minutes
477b TIL that a shortage of sand has created a Sand Mafia in India, employing 35 million people and generating $126bn annually.
P1DE TIL there is a bar in NYC that mimics the stock market every night. The real time “drink ticker” allows the price of drinks to go up and down with the demand of certain beverages. You can play the market and get top shelf beverages very cheap when they hit the “bottom of the market”.
d8mZr TIL that the human anus is extremely person-specific just as fingerprint is, and smart toilets of the future could identify users by anus alone.
Zp45Q TIL in several countries, such as Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, it is considered natural for humans to try and escape jail, so escapees who do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.