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TIL that Japan has an insanely high conviction rate of 99%

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BrWeW TIL Marathon runner drank urine and ate bats, snakes and lizards to survive in the desert after he got lost for 10 days.
8jlZ TIL that after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the yakuza sent hundreds of trucks filled with food, water, blankets, and sanitary accessories to aid the people in the affected areas of the natural disaster.
GYQWE TIL that the tallest person in recorded history was Robert Wadlow, who was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) tall and apparently still growing at the time of his death at 22 years of age.
m1aGO TIL that the son of the PM of the Japanese puppet of Manchukuo was feeding information to the Red Army of Japanese activity. When the Soviets invaded Manchuria and his father and the ministers were planning to escape, he informed the Red Army of the fact and they arrested the cabinet.
8eNdG TIL that UC Berkeley offers a degree in "meme studies"