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TIL Japanese and Korean people refer to staplers as the "Hotchkiss" (ho-chi-ki-s[e]u) because staplers were first imported to the region in the early 20th century by the E.H. Hotchkiss Company

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Ool1g TIL that there are submarine Aircraft Carriers. Japan employed the I-400 class during WW2, and they could carry up to 3 bombers, in addition to 8 torpedo launchers & abti-aircraft guns. These submarines were twice as big as any ordinary subs of the time.
4j4b TIL that 3D Doritos are still made/sold in Mexico, and you can buy them on eBay
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xrEw TIL Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong back in WWII caused the population to drop from 1.6 million to 600,000 in just three years.
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