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TIL the ginger served with your sushi is for cleansing your pallet. When trying differently prepared sushi, cleanse with ginger for a pallet reset for the fullest experience of new flavors

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AD5J7 TIL that after the Russian submarine Kursk sank, a distraught mother of a dead sailor was drugged on camera by an agent with a syringe when she demanded answers from the Navy at a hearing.
Q9Le TIL that Yahoo was nearly able to acquire Facebook in 2006 for $1bn, but due to a faltering stock price, Yahoo lowered its offer to $850m, allowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to walk away from the deal.
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