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TIL morning exercise Radio Taiso was brought to Japan from America and is now broadcast daily across Japan

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6ErRX TIL tug-of-war was present at the summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920. Since a country could enter multiple clubs, the USA won all 3 medals in the sport at the 1904 Olympics.
XEL6R TIL: A Japanese hospital has an entrance test for aspiring medical students - they must perform 3 tasks in 15 minutes using surgical instruments - make miniature paper cranes, reassemble a dead bug from parts and make miniature sushi using a single rice grain. 40 students are selected
aw7MN TIL at Norway's maximum-security Halden Prison, prisoners are paid 53 kroner ($9) per day to leave their cells, which are equipped with a video game console, mini-fridge, and a window with no bars. Guard stations are tiny and cramped to encourage them to interact with the prisoners.
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d8MNr TIL That 1 gram of activated charcoal has approximately 1,000 square meters of surface area.