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TIL It is standard in Japan to put cash on the counter rather than hand it to the person directly. Sometimes there is even a little tray you put your cash on and then the cashier takes the little tray.

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kOrx7 TIL of the Swastika Laundry, an Irish business founded in 1912 that had the swastika as its company logo. The symbol was meant to reference the ancient Indian symbol of good luck and had no Nazi ties. The company, logo and all, remained in operation until the late 80s.
5VBMR TIL the ISS is traveling at 17,500 miles per hour
E1XvV TIL Kurt Cobain didn't particularly like his song Smells Like Teen Spirit saying "It's almost an embarrassment to play." And "I can barely, especially on a bad night, get through 'Teen Spirit.' I literally want to throw my guitar down and walk away."
wme6 Today I learned that there is a movement to reclaim the Swastika for it’s ancient roots (use before it was adopted by the Nazi party)
PkmE TIL that Otto von Bismarck predicted that European politics will break 20 years after his death. He also predicted that the war will “come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”