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TIL you can pay to bathe in radioactive water in Japan

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yVg1J TIL scurvy was so common during the Age of Sail that shipowners and governments assumed a 50% death rate from the disease for their sailors on any major voyage.
nW6rd TIL in 2019, the Netherlands became the first country to completely ban the Hells Angels biker gang. In July of 2022, the Supreme Court Of The Netherlands reaffirmed this ban and made it permanent. Other countries (such as Germany) had banned local chapters, but never the club as a whole.
41Wa TIL according to a Chinese legend, music was invented in 2697 B.C., when the Emperor Huang Ti send Ling Lun to cut bamboo poles that would produce a sound matching the call of a phoenix bird.
5xak TIL that Serena Williams’ 1st round opponent, Taylor Townsend was financially cut by the USTA because they thought she was too fat. She was the #1 ranked junior in the world. She was also 16.
wNXM TIL: Campbell’s now estimates 40% of the Cream of Mushroom soup sold in the US goes into making green bean casserole.