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YpQG7 TIL Djibouti author Abdourahman Waberi wrote a story about a world in which Africa was more advanced compared to the West. In her writing, Zurich held the highest rate of AIDS infections and African leaders were making broad pronouncements about the hoards of impoverished, starving Japanese
oBYe8 TIL Radiohead dedicated their album 'The Bends' to the late comedian Bill Hicks
v15aD TIL some of the most successful films of all time, such as the Harry Potter series, were actually financial losses on paper. This is called creative accounting and it's a way for Hollywood studios to avoid paying actors, producers and directors based on net profits.