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TIL that May 5 is when Children's Day is celebrated in Japan

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v1kJr TIL Belarus has one of the most grandiose defense museums in Eastern Europe, the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex, named after the original Stalin Line, a network of fortifications along the Western border of the former Soviet Union
DQK0e TIL Carbonara was originated during WWII due to US soldiers bringing powdered eggs and dehydrated bacon to Italy
jNO8j TIL that the seemingly altruistic “Keep America Beautiful” anti-littering campaign was actually started so companies like Coca Cola and Dixie could produce MORE waste, to prevent bans on single-use containers, and make Americans feel like trash was the burden of individuals, not corporations.
Z8Yeo TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
JYebj TIL Earl Simmons (DMX) got his name from an instrument he had used at Children's Home he stayed in as a boy, the Oberheim DMX drum machine; it later was also interpreted as 'Dark Man X'.