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TIL you can pay to bathe in radioactive water in Japan

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epQb4 TIL about an Iranian translator named Zabihollah Mansouri, who on one hand became Iran's most famous translator, but on the other hand became known for liberally adding his own content into translations to the point of making up entire books
5Vopn TIL that water intoxication happens when too much water is consumed too quickly, causing an electrolyte imbalance that can lead to serious health issues or even death.
05XN TIL of Assy McGee, an Adult Swim TV show starring a police detective who was literally just a walking pair of buttcheeks. It ran for two seasons.
9YDQm TIL that comedian Redd Foxx avoided the United States military draft for World War II by eating half of a soap bar before his physical, causing heart palpitations
nWpJ9 TIL that nearly 10% of the population of Pingelap Atoll is achromatopsic, i.e. unable to distinguish colors but only shades of gray. This is due to a person suffering from achromatopsia who survived a Typhoon in 1775. The disease was then passed on to his descendants, and continues to this day.