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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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lom05 TIL that Helmut Kentler, a German psychologist fostered neglected children with pedophiles in an experiment with government support for decades. By the time his victims came forward, the statute of limitations for his actions had expired leaving his victims without justice or compensation.
4yy6 TIL Tokyo’s Mitsui Garden Yotsuya hotel offers ‘crying rooms’ only to women. Y. Ezato, the PR representative for the hotel, says with more Japanese women succeeding in the workforce, it’s causing a rise in female stress/anxiety. The rooms include tear-jerking movies, luxurious tissues & warm sheets
K0W6 TIL “ [Siberian] Huskies will obey if required to, but their natural tendency is to be cooperative rather than obedient, and they prefer to be companions rather than mere pets.”
JYdmk TIL Stephen King's father left his family under the pretense of "going to buy a pack of cigarettes".
xpQD TIL before becoming an actor, Jason Statham competed for Great Britain at the 1990 Commonwealth Games