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TIL that Peppa Pig is banned in China because it 'promotes gangster attitudes'

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KOXnB TIL Water firms in the UK are still using Divining Rods to search for leaks and pipes.
5kBD TIL Fred Willard is the first (and so far, only) actor to appear as a live-action character in a Pixar movie. He plays Shelby Forthright, CEO of Buy and Large, in an archive video shown in the movie “WALL-E”.
J1l8j TIL that Las Vegas people originated in 8000 BCE and were among the earliest farmers in the Americas
awyAL TIL that in ancient Egyptian religion, monotheism arose as the creator god Amun became part of a unified trinity with the gods Ptah and Re. "All gods are three: Amun, Re and Ptah, whom none equals. He who hides his name as Amun, he appears to the face as Re, his body is Ptah."
5wAn TIL this man owed $134 in property taxes. The District of Columbia sold the lien to an investor who foreclosed on his $197,000 house and sold it.