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TIL: There are more pets than children in Japan

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nWxjG TIL the earliest known public museum existed in Neo-Babylon, 500BC
5Y7vD TIL that a 12 year old girl named Martina Maturana saved much of her village's population from being killed by a tsunami when she noticed boats moving up and down in the morning and ran to ring the warning bell
6nkQ TIL there is a lizard-like reptile called “Mexican mole lizard” that is basically an earthworm with legs.
oRdA7 TIL about Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews flee Europe during WW2 by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory, risking his career and the lives of his family.
kVNE TIL that bachelor President James Buchanan had a 10 year relationship with a man. Andrew Jackson noted the relationship by calling them “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”.