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TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside Japan

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lZoB TIL that on September 11-12, 1683 during the battle of Vienna, Polish horsemen lead history’s greatest ever cavalry charge against the Ottoman army. 18 thousand riders were involved.
v1KVj TIL the cornea doesn't have blood vessels but instead is nourished by tears. The cornea remarkably can heal minor abrasions in under 72 hours.
JYwwl TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money
mVWY TIL over 300 people died in a supermarket fire because the owners shut the doors so people wouldn’t leave without paying.