This is Onbashira, a 1,200 year old festival in Japan where people ride a big log down a very steep hill.

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TIL In 1846, a dead snail was glued to an index card at the British Museum. 4 years later they discovered it was actually still alive. The museum gave the snail a bath and it lived the remaining 2 yea

TIL that about Dr. Katsu Takahashi of the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital in Osaka, Japan, who has been studying the genetic principles of tooth development for years & there are currently