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TIL that Japan has chosen Dragon Ball Z's Goku as an ambassador of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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Zp84G TIL in San Francisco, the artists Winston Smith and Jayed Scotti distributed false posters for bands and clubs that didn't exist. Often, the addresses shown on the flyers were located in the Pacific Ocean.
LOpv TIL Lindsay Lohan is only worth 50 000, down from her previous $30 million.
ANxJn TIL an analysis of the judges at the California State Fair wine competition (the oldest in North America) found that they "constantly" contradicted themselves; only about one in ten regularly rated the same wine in a similar manner each time.
ADoDw TIL of Karl P. Schmidt, a herpetologist who documented his own death after he was bitten by a juvenile boomslang snake. He made detailed notes on the symptoms he experienced, almost right up to the end. He died 24 hours after the bite, bleeding in his lungs, kidneys, heart, and brain.
VBWGp TIL: that ants can perform wound care and amputate if needed. I find this fascinating.