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TIL in 1876 a Mexican general named Porfirio Diaz overthrew Mexico's President for seeking a second term under the principle "no re-elections" before ruling the country until 1911

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6Egv8 TIL that in "Man on the Moon", Jim Carrey and Jerry Lawler had an actual feud. Carrey spat in Lawler's face and got him fired. When Lawler was rehired for the Letterman segment, he retaliated by slapping him as hard as he could - much harder than he slapped the real Kaufman during their fake feud.
1avZd TIL the 1996 Indian film "Fire," the first mainstream Bollywood movie featuring a lesbian relationship, upset Hindu fundamentalists so much that they set fire to theaters screening it. "If women's physical needs get fulfilled through lesbian acts, the institution of marriage will collapse," said one
jNNgR TIL there is a show on The History Channel called "Ice road truckers".
pYvrG TIL: There is a museum of toilet in New Delhi named Sulabh International Museum Of Toilets. It features rare collection of toilets from 2500BC up to today and gives a view of evolution of toilet related social custom, sanitary habits and technology and shows how deep rooted a simple toilet is.
mxWxP TIL Pyotr Tchaikovsky's family original last name was Chaika (Seagull) and it was of a distinguished Ukrainian Cossack background. Tchaikovsky wrote more than 30 compositions while in Ukraine, because - "I found a feeling of peace in my soul, which I couldn't find in Moscow and St Petersburg"