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TIL Japan provided almost $30 million from tsunami recovery funds to finance the country’s annual whale hunt.

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nWa6G TIL that after finishing season 1 of Gravity Falls, creator Alex Hirsch was so burnt out that he almost considered not doing another one, until Jon Stewart and Pat McHale, creator of Over the Garden Wall, were able to convince him to do so.
e0le5 TIL of the Sodder children disappearance. The Sodder family still believes that 5 of its children who disappeared after a fire burned their house in 1945, were actually kidnapped by Mussolini in retaliation to George Sodder’s criticism of his regime
l7pkB TIL about black supremacy
9Yw6Q TIL that New York City has added over 300,000 new residents since 2010, yet only 50,000 housing units have been approved
JYkPB TIL a woman in a wheelchair won a treadmill on the Price is Right. When someone tweeted "I laughed but then felt bad", she replied "Don't feel bad. I feel great. I've been popping wheelies all day."