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TIL a Stanford study found out of China, Japan, Korea, or the US, Japan had the LEAST nationalistic history textbooks, despite other claims you may read on Reddit.

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70Px TIL a man was cleared of murder charges after appearing in outtakes of Curb Your Enthusiasm at a baseball game 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder
VMEEk TIL Thomas Payne argued in a 1797 pamphlet for an estate tax to fund elderly pensions and a one-time payment when a person reached 21
wLLgJ TIL that nearly all citrus fruits are hybrids of four original species
oBmYY TIL that Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, and lost.
v4Nx TIL that actor Colin Firth is credited as a co-author of paper on the link between brain structure and political alignment because he suggested that the connection could be studied