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TIL that the first country to ban foie gras on the grounds of cruelty was Nazi Germany.

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GYaOQ TIL that in 1853 the US sent military ships to Japan and ordered them to open trade to the US or face military action.
kJoZd TIL there is a Columbian 1:1 remake of Breaking Bad, featuring Walter Blanco and José Miguel Rosas (as Jesse Pinkman)
Jd0k TIL that a blogger found out that Ice Cube’s “Good Day” was January 20, 1992 due to events desrcibed in the song only occurred on that day.
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.
yBrJ TIL Japanese railways are among the most punctual in the world, with the average delay of the Tokaido Shinkansen being 0.6 minutes. Delays of over an hour may appear in newspapers and delays caused by suicides often lead to the victims families being sued approximately 1 million yen for the trouble.