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TIL Dragon Ball has actually caused an international incident- It is so popular inMexico that there were government-sponsored public watch parties for the final episodes of Dragon Ball Super.They became so popular Japan had to send a formal diplomatic notice commanding them to stop,which they didn't

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ANDPn TIL about Perpetual bonds, which, as the name implies, have no maturity date and pay interest forever. One of the oldest was issued by the Dutch water board on May 15, 1648, and is now in the possession of Yale University. The annual interest payment is €11.35 as of 2004.
Eggv0 TIL about Louis Remme, who rode on horseback nonstop from Sacramento to Portland in 1855, racing against the ship-borne news of a bank run that would prevent him from withdrawing his own money.
yQJoX TIL that the probability of having a doppelganger (non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person) is only one in a trillion, or almost zero. This makes it highly unlikely for any person to actually have a doppelganger, according to this University of Adelaide research.
9w4eB TIL that in American folklore, if you wash your laundry on New Year's Day, someone might die during the year.
oDxK TIL: Harvard study found that Antioxidants had very little to no effect health benefits.