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TIL that Central Asia has a variety of Mandarin Chinese that is written in the Cyrillic Alphabet. It is regarded as its own separate language called "Dungan"

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W7RQ9 TIL about the most prolific art smuggler in US law enforcement history, Subhash Kapoor. The true extent of loot taken from countries around the world is unknown but one of the statues stolen from India went for 5 million dollars -- sold to the National Gallery of Australia.
vPLOB TIL some species of squid can fly up to approximately 50x the length of their own body through the air
R5R06 TIL Smallville actor Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years of prison due to her involvement with sex trafficking through the cult NXIVM
JYKR1 TIL, Danny Sugerman started a career in music at 12 years of age, opening fan mail for the Door's. After Jim Morrison's death he took over for their manager, following into Ray Manzarek's solo career. In addition to also managing Iggy Pop, he wrote 3 books about the Doors.
p8J1b TIL the TV western series "Gunsmoke" ran for 20 years, from 1955 to 1975. During that time it's lead character, Marshal Matt Dillon, managed to survive being shot 56 times, knocked unconscious 29 times, stabbed on three occasions, and poisoned once.