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TIL that the kid starring on the film Empire of the Sun (1987) is Christian Bale on his first Hollywood film. TIL also that the song in this video is called Suo Gân and it is a Welsh traditional lullaby from c. 1800

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AD19x TIL working too much is an official cause of death in Japan. Called 'Karoshi' which literally means 'overwork death' it became a hot button issue mid to late 1980s, when several high-ranking businessmen who were still in their prime years suddenly died without any previous sign of illness.
Wk764 TIL that, following the release of GoldenEye, the Contra Dam has become a popular place to bungie jump. More than 10,000 people have made the dive.
5YjYP TIL Diogo Alves committed the famous “Aqueduct Murders” 1836-1840 and was the penultimate person to be hanged in Portugal. Scientists wanted to study the brain of a serial killer and so preserved his head in a glass vessel. It is still viewed today in the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.
KBoJ TIL that Hessian mercenaries made up a quarter of all troops that Great Britain sent to America and roughly 5,000 of the 30,000 sent ended up defecting and settling in North America.
Z89ZD TIL the pinching force of "29 coconut crabs collected from the northern part of Okinawa Island" in Japan "ranged from 29.4 to 1765.2 N." "During our field study," write the researchers, "obtaining data for analysis was challenging, as the large claws of this crab pinched us on multiple occasions."