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TIL In parts of New Jersey a Sloppy Joe refers to a cold cut sandwich on rye with coleslaw and Russian dressing

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VM9b8 TIL of the kappa, a water imp in Japanese folklore famous for sneaking up peoples intestines through the anus in order to steal their livers and shirikodama, an organ believed to plug the anus; however, you can repel a kappa by farting at them.
R5mGj TIL 20% of the US population watched the 1978 World Series, while only 2.7% watched the 2024 World Series
wLMEE TIL that there is a park in Moscow containing toppled statues from across Russia
kO11E TIL in 2012, Facebook conducted an experiment on 689,000 users by manipulating their news feeds content and see if their emotions be controlled.
DQaXg TIL China, virtually closed to Americans for over a decade, opened its doors to a Danish author from National Geographic for a lengthy tour conducted by communist officials in 1964