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TIL that the popular Chinese dating game show If You Are The One, was looked upon unfavorably by Chinese authorities for spreading the 'wrong values' and 'advocating materialism'.

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9JLD TIL Jackie Chan once broke 12 cement blocks with a fist holding an egg without damaging the egg
DQ1mY TIL that there was a Masonic-style group for Catholics to join in the 18th century called the Order of the Pug. Initiates had to wear a dog collar and kiss the rear end of a porcelain statue of a pug.
b9oW7 TIL that James Cameron received a 'snarky' email from Neil DeGrasse Tyson regarding star placement in the movie Titanic. He complained they wouldn't have been the same ones as in 1912. James Cameron agreed to fix it.
kOZW1 TIL that Siri, Apple's voice assistant, actually starred in a movie. In The Lego Batman Movie (2017), she is the voice of The Bat-Computer, or 'Puter as Batman calls her.
yVnlV TIL that ancient India practiced advanced surgery as early as 600 BCE, including rhinoplasty and cataract surgery. click on the link and go to Ayurveda part under INDIA part