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TIL In 2003 relations between Japan and China were strained due to a semi public orgy involving 400 Japanese businessmen and over 500 Chinese prostitutes

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NldJ TIL I learned RAS syndrome (Redudant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome) is the common unnecessary repetition of words following an acronym.
69ddJ TIL that the Pointer Sisters sing "I'm so excited" instead of "I'm suicidal". I had always wondered why the song was so happy.
Ombe TIL Walter Mondale is the only person to have lost a state wide election in every state.
Appo TIL, Lewis Carroll was accused of being a paedophile, after a letter was discovered addressed to 11 year Alice Liddell (possibly your Alice in Wonderland). He also was an avid photographer, who’s whole collection was of little children, often nude. [Childhood ruined]
yQknl TIL after Hurricane Katrina, 4,500 public school teachers were fired in New Orleans, teacher unions were outlawed, and almost all schools were privatized. The firings were ruled illegal but no one got their jobs back.