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TIL In 2015, a tiny Tokyo restaurant with only 9 seats became the first ramen restaurant in the world to obtain a Michelin star.

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V6JD TIL a man once known as Sweden’s Hannibal Lecter was released from prison after authorities learned he was a manipulative liar and never actually killed, raped, or cannibalized anyone.
5MdQ TIL South Africa developed 6 nuclear bombs but dismantled all of them in the early 90s
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