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TIL There is a village populated almost entirely by realistic dolls in Japan.

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l7YnV TIL one of the bids for the 2030 World Cup is a joint bid by South Korea and North Korea
9w5m TIL just 2 days after Nikola Tesla’s death, the FBI ordered the Office of Alien Property (OAP) to seize all of his belongings, even though Tesla was an American citizen. The “Alien Property Custodian” was an office of the US Government that was in charge of the property that belonged to US enemies.
781Ob TIL that in 2013, police divers in Custer County Oklahoma, found 6 bodies in two vehicles at the bottom of Foss lake. Three bodies in each car were identified as people who went missing in 1969 and 1970. Both cars were found to have gone off the road and into the lake. Ending a 45 year mystery.
mx7Bp TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.
Zp98p TIL what happens to the losing team’s merchandise after the Super Bowl