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TIL Bruce Lee literally punched too fast for people to react and had to limit his speed on camera

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pYGZQ TIL Tanzanians like albinos a little too much.... Tanzanian children with albinism are hunted for their body parts, as they believe the bones hold a kind of magic that will bring success and fortune
lokbr TIL about the city of Cahokia; a Native American (Mississippian) city built on the Mississippi which had over 140 hand-built earthen mounds, more people than contemporaneous London, a copper smelting workshop and 5 concentric circles of posts which line up with the sun on equinoxes and solstices.
XEw4Q TIL Prior to allying with the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro was a political celebrity in the US, celebrated as a liberator and modern day Robin Hood.
ARJ4 TIL British singer Lily Allen’s 2007 single, “Alfie” is about her lazy pothead brother and how she wants him to make something of his life instead of being a bum. Her brother is Alfie Allen, better known as the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy in HBO’s “Game of Thrones”.
JYYM1 TIL that the term for the criminal act "racketeering" is defined as "a repeated or continuous way to illegally obtain or extort money" -usually set up as a form of business.