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TIL the oldest company in the world is a Japanese construction company. It has been in continuous operation for 1,444 years

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rN5Oe TIL the music behind the anti-piracy warning (you wouldn't steal a car etc) was stolen from the person who wrote it, Melchior Rietveldt, who sued for royalties owed
YWEW TIL that in a 2002 Pepsi contest in Novosibirsk, Russia, someone who bought a bottle of Pepsi could win a car if they picked the right key from a set of choices. However, when a man was able to open it, Pepsi sued him since they made the contest impossible by not having the right key as a selection.
16aw8 TIL that diarrheal diseases are the biggest health burden in 5 countries: Syria, Bhutan, Bahrain, Cyprus and Maldives.
R5N9j TIL the first recorded use of suicide bombs in warfare was actually during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang with three instances of Chinese Nationalist soldiers destroying invading Japanese tanks and infantry platoons by strapping explosive grenade belts to themselves
XD4k TIL Rick Astley has made a grand total of $12 from the RickRoll video