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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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VMMLQ TIL that roly-poly bugs are not insects at all, they are isopods.
rN4vy TIL the Maquis from Star Trek share their name with a group of French guerrilla fighters who opposed the Nazi occupation of France during World War II
N7YkM TIL that you're not supposed to rinse with water straight after toothbrushing as it'll wash away the concentrated fluoride in the remaining toothpaste. This dilutes it and reduces its preventative effects.
VBEwZ TIL that John C. Reilly described his sex scene with Jennifer Aniston like this: "So I climb into the bed, she opens up the sheet and I swear, she had two pairs of sweatpants on, winter socks, a long-sleeved T-shirt. Her body is basically like a burqa from the neck down."
Own4 TIL that bank robber John Wojtowicz plotted some of his robbery based on scenes in The Godfather (1972) starring Al Pacino. Al Pacino later went on to play John in the Academy Award winning movie Dog Day Afternoon (1975) based on the robbery.