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TIL because of the commercial failure of anime Ghost Stories’ Japanese airing, the studio allowed ADV Films to make English dubbing with loose set of rules. This resulted in tons of American culture references for the English dub version (sex, politics, races, religion, Mormon,...)

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W7MnX TIL There is a hidden matrilineal bloodline that has run through all major European royal families for the past 800 years. If it were a house in its own right it would be more influential than any other house in European history. It includes the current monarchs of the UK, Spain and Sweden.
GY4gN TIL that on the coast of Northern Ireland, there is a plateau of basalt slabs called the Giant's Causeway, a result of lava contracting and fracturing as it cooled. There is also a mythical explanation for its origins that details a fight between two giants from Ireland and Scotland
0awv TIL the song Fly Me to the Moon was the first music ever heard on the Moon, when Buzz Aldrin played it on a cassette tape.
KeL6 TIL that Google has invested over $500 million in a secretive startup company called Magic Leap, who aims to release retinal display VR devices.
JYPm1 TIL that the pain of loss is more powerful psychologically than the joy of gain, according to the concept of "loss aversion" identified by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. People tend to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains, for example, it is better to not lose $5 than to find $5.