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TIL sweden nationalized their banks after their subprime recession.

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pA0b TIL that a Japanese survivor from the Titanic was ostracised by the Japanese public, press and government for not doing the honourable thing and drowning with everyone else
4k1jw TIL that voice activated locks that promised to only open if the correct person spoke the correct password into a microphone have been around since 1908
0Ddy TIL that in Japan, women use the euphemism ‘Sailor Moon is visiting’ for when they’re on their period. To capitalize on this, the creators of Sailor Moon released an officially-licensed range of character-themed menstrual pads.
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