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

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bDV0 TIL during the 2007 Writers Strike, David Letterman paid the Late Show staff out of his own pocket.
yVQRX TIL Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassin. Ruby's verdict was the first courtroom verdict to be televised in U.S. history. It was later overturned and he died from cancer while awaiting a retrial.
pgAZ TIL that ants make up 15% of all terrestrial animal biomass, and there are 10 thousand trillion ants on the planet
gMZm8 TIL almost no babies are born with Down Syndrome in Iceland, because nearly 100 percent of women who receive a positive test for the condition choose to terminate the pregnancy.
neO07 TIL Despite his scientific background and immeasurable contributions to promoting science to the public, Carl Sagan's nomination was rejected from the National Academy of Sciences leading to the Sagan Effect where popular scientists in the media are seen as less knowledgeable than their peers.