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TIL that in China, real-estate developers hire white people to boost businesses because they make “the place feel classier.”

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kJnY4 TIL that 2 dogs, Eudy and Tula, saved an entire penguin species (Fairy Penguins) from extinction. There were less than 10 Fairy Penguins at the time due to heavy predation from foxes. However, quickly after Eudy and Tula arrived, the penguin population made a comeback!
ZnDR TIL the Sword in the Stone story was inspired by a real sword stuck in a stone. It was placed there miraculously by the first officially canonized saint in the Catholic Church in the 12th c. It’s still in the stone in a church in Italy.
v1GlR TIL Japan does not accept signatures on official documents (banks, real estate and business) but require a ‘hanko’ which is an official carved wooden or stone seal pressed in ink
KY95E TIL a white guy was the first to sag his pants, starting in the 1950's
oBNlW TIL that in 1998, as Mark McGwire set the record for most home runs hit in a baseball season, he was found to be using a legal steroid-precursor called androstenedione. After this was reported in the news, sales of the supplement increased over 1000%.