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TIL that Japan has "fishing restaurants" where you catch fish right in the restaurant and the chefs will cook it for you right away!

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7jnx TIL the pirate Hayreddin “Red beard” Barbarossa (1478-1546) was exiled from so many countries that he ended up starting his own country (Regency of Algiers) with the blessing of The Ottoman Empire which became present day Algeria, Tunisia and parts of Morocco.
xVJpB TIL Despite its Famous Cafe Culture, Italy does Not Have a Single Coffee Farm
awKey TIL: Perdue Pharma distributed a music CD to physicians titled “Get in the Swing with OxyContin”
pJmO TIL Congress Passed a Law Preventing Congress From Insider Trading After Public Outrage then Quietly Rolled Back the Rules For Themselves with the President Signing It!
R7Ng9 TIL The Inuit people of northern Greenland had many metal knives and tools despite having no mines or smelting: they used enormous iron meteorites for their metal which American explorer Robert E. Peary ultimately stole.