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TIL A Japanese franchise plays certain songs in their stores if it's busy, if it's raining, if there is a robbery, or if there is a bomb

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DX5J TIL that a 17 year old survivor of the 2011 Norway attack was arrested, stripped naked and jailed on suspicion of carrying out the attack due to his alleged lack of emotion upon being rescued. He was released after the police discovered he was a traumatized survivor of the Chechen war.
eQKg TIL that the years 1961 to 1972 are referred to as the “Golden Age of Hijacking” when more than 150 flights were hijacked in American airspace. At its peak aeroplanes were hijacked at a rate of nearly one per week
wj57 TIL that there is still one US soldier that is being held captive by insurgents in Afghanistan and has been so since 2009. Release efforts to free him have currently stalled.
0w8BN TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory currently earns just $8-9 every three months from royalty payments.
XeQR TIL The French Prime Minister proposed uniting France and Britain into a single country in 1957