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TIL The Japanese yakuza provided disaster relief for both the Kobe and Tohoku earthquakes.

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0wG7p TIL: When asked by London on whether the rumours regarding the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands islands were true, a Telex operator on the island simply said, "We have lots of new friends".
k7Oe TIL Dr. Seuss pronounced it in the German manner, “soice”. He realized that Americans naturally read the name as “soose” and went with it “to be associated with—Mother Goose”
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Mlr0 TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
JYZ9m TIL that, on average, Mercury is not only is the nearest planet to the Earth , but to all the other planets in the solar system.