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TIL all the residents of Cuandxia village in China have the exact same surname, 韩, which also means korean

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b6OD0 TIL gravity is not 9.8 m/s2 around the world. That is just the global average.
mePR TIL of Shiori Ino, a Japanese college student who was murdered by her stalker. Her attempts to seek help from the police were met with rejection, as senior officers feared that having unresolved cases would “hurt their standings.”
XN4Q TIL that one of the Queen’s footmen was demoted after it was revealed that he purposely spiked her royal corgis’ food with alcohol, inviting other servants to watch them stagger about.
0drVj today i learned that the famous Mister Skin doesn't even mention Thora Birch's nudity in American Beauty, the second most infamous teen nudity in film (most infamous: 1978)
OkK7 TIL soldiers in WWII made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them Foxhole Radios.