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TIL husband of the person who translated The Complete Yes Minister into Chinese later became the Prime Minister of China

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9Yw77 TIL of Чадоград, a "city" where everything is run by kids. Each visiting kid is given training by "doctors", can learn how to operate a plane, learn journalism, and even driving lessons. Also exists a "bank" among other buildings to prepare kids for the real world.
KYLa9 TIL a turtles heart beat five days after it was decapitated
7rWLb TIL a man ran naked through Anchorage, Alaska, naked, climbed up a 30-foot flagpole, jumped off and died. 29-years later, he has still not been identified.
pYB04 TIL: in 2013, 64-year-old Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida. A distance of 110 miles. It took 53 hours.
GYlQG TIL in 2001, Honda prepared to release a car called the Fit, or in European markets, 'Fitta', unaware that in Swedish, the word translates to a vulgar term for a vagina. The slogan would have been, 'The all-new Fitta, small on the outside, big on the inside.' It was renamed the Jazz before release