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TIL in the movie Notting Hill, Hugh Grant’s character lives “in the house with the blue door”, a real place in London’s Notting Hill District. The 280 Westbourne Park Road house is still a common stop for fans to take photos. Some even reenacting Spike’s famous scene in his underwear.

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9wADp TIL Biotechnology brings great potential and risks: curing diseases, but also creating dangerous viruses. Caution, tracking, and responsible management are essential to prevent pandemics and embrace the positive future it offers.
1aLKD TIL about Don Ritchie, "The Angel of the Gap", who, over the course of his life, successfully talked down over 160 people from jumping at a popular suicide spot near Sydney, Australia. For his efforts he was awarded the Order of Australia medal in 2006.
R7a4Q Today I learned that in Japanese, there is a phrase bushu-suru (ブッシュする). In literal terms, this means "to do the bush thing," in reference to a bizarre 1992 incident where George HW Bush fell ill and vomited directly onto the Japanese prime minister.
pYwP8 TIL that, by 1917, Charlie Chaplin was so internationally famous that it was reported that nine out of ten men who attended costume parties did so dressed as him.
jrAv TIL There are 2270 children serving life without parole in US, in the rest of the world combined the number is 12.