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TIL that Yakuza gangs in Japan hold public press conferences to announce changes in gang policies and news.

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yVKLM TIL that stretched earlobes (gauged ears) often smell bad due to dead skin and sebum.
5V1Bk TIL the leopard slug's mating ritual is strangely beautiful
XEjo6 TIL: A stray cat Scarlett risked her life 5 times returning to the burning garage to save her kittens. She touched each of them with her nose to ensure they were all alive as the blisters on her eyes kept her from being able to see them. She collapsed unconscious after assuring they were all safe.
R7y88 TIL that both India and Pakistan had british officers commanding their respective armies in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947
Z8JmQ TIL about the loneliest man in the world - an uncontacted tribesman in Brazil who is the only remaining member of his tribe - dubbed the "Tanaru Isolated Indian". Remaining members of the tribe were massacred or wiped out by disease.