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TIL that women have historically been barred from cooking sushi due to a superstition that their hands are too warm.

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alAL TIL that so many British men died in World War I that young women were warned that only 10% would marry. Newspapers discussed the country’s “Surplus Two Million” women.
jNj7R TIL Akihito, the Emperor of Japan, is an scientist and still publishes papers to this day
5VQ0B TIL the Soviets were at one stage worried about the Space Shuttle being used to dive bomb Nuclear bombs onto Moscow
Oonjg TIL that US Military tombstones come with 65 choices of religious symbol, including the hammer of Thor
p8djO TIL Quaker Oats 35% Less Sugar Oatmeal contains 35% less oatmeal per packet, despite being the same price as the regular version