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TIL sushi doesn’t mean raw fish, but vinegared rice
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TIL that you would not die instantly if you were exposed in space. Scientists estimate that a human being can survive 15-30 seconds in open space (X-post r/TheBestLists)
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TIL Sacheen Littlefeather, the "Native American" woman who accepted the 1973 Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando (for his performance in The Godfather) while he boycotted the ceremony to protest the treatment of Native Americans in Hollywood, was actually a "pretendian" posing as a Native American.
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TIL: Russians purchased 500,000 baseball bats in 2014 but only one ball
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TIL That King Charles II hid in an oak tree from parliamentarian forces after the defeat at the Battle of Worcester. Many English pubs were named 'The Royal Oak' to celebrate his escape.
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TIL there’s a shrine in Bangkok to a naughty old beggar. After one man prayed at the shrine and won the lottery, he rewarded the beggar with a troupe of sexy dancers. Now people regularly bring dancers to the shrine to seek good fortune (with video)