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TIL that approximately 1.6 million people of Japanese descent live Brazil. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan.

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rRKed TIL during the 1904 summer Olympics marathon one runner hitched a ride, another was given rat poison and brandy as a stimulus, fourth place winner took a nap during the run, and two other runners were chased a mile by angry dogs
xLe5 TIL The amount of bombs the US dropped over Laos is equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years
9plB TIL That now the average Canadian is richer than the average American
16dd TIL that the video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” helped reunite 26 missing children with their families.
1jW8 TIL in 1980, Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city out of recognition of donations he made to local churches.