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TIL about Pak Bean, a man from Pakistan that impersonates Mr Bean

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leLK TIL that in 1985, police engaged in a standoff with the black liberation group ‘MOVE’ at their home in Philadelphia. A massive firefight ensued in which the police used choppers to drop two C4 bombs on the roof. The fire destroyed 65 houses and 11 people died.
dDA8d TIL of Molly and Clay Daniels, a couple who committed insurance fraud. They dug up a corpse, burned it in a car, and pretended it was the husband that died. They then went around introducing Clay as Molly's "new" boyfriend to everyone, including their own kids.
Z5vG TIL India is considered the “pharmacy of the developing world” and delivers affordable medicines to poor people all around the world by exporting 50% of of its $10bn annual generic medicine production.
x6B6B TIL They made some random black guy an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. His name was Ota Benga, an African Pygmy.
VMp60 TIL Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today."