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TIL that only Toshiba employees can enter or exit the Umi-Shibaura station.

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xVyXb TIL In four years at West Point, General Custer amassed a record-total of 726 demerits, one of the worst conduct records in the history of the academy, and finished at the bottom of his class
epn4k TIL that in 1944 a Sci-fi writer wrote a short story describing nuclear bombs and their construction methods called "Deadline". It was so accurate that the Counter intelligence Corps feared a leak or spy on the Manhattan Project. In actuality the info was always there in public scientific journals.
VMYb4 TIL the United States Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture complaint in federal court to seize the rights to the movies “Dumb and Dumber To” and “Daddy’s Home,” on the grounds that the movies were financed using money stolen from a Malaysian government investment fund.
Wkny8 TIL of the Turnspit Dog, a breed used to run in wheels in kitchens to roast food but now completely extinct.
6EwYJ TIL that 82 percent of avocado oil sold in the United States is either rancid or mixed with other oils. While it is a great source of vitamins and minerals when fresh and pure, the vast majority of avocado oil in the United States is of extremely poor quality.