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Today I learned that the Pokemon anime was banned in Turkey in 2000 when a 7-year-old girl jumped off a fifth-story balcony, pretending to be a Pokemon, and ended up breaking her leg.

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oRM9R TIL that Papua New Guinea still recognizes the British monarch as their ceremonial head of state.
9Y7nD TIL largest offshore gas platform - Troll A, It stands almost 500 meters tall and weighs 656,000 tons - it's one of the biggest man-made objects ever towed
90Zm TIL Groucho Marx, on a trip to Berlin in 1958, danced the Charleston on the rubble of Hitler’s bunker
oBMnK TIL dates are not a "dried fruit". The brown and crinkly appearance is actually what they look like "fresh" when ripe on the tree.
wlo7 TIL most bamboo species only flower once every several decades, with the entire population flowering at once. When one variety flowers, the entire variety flowers at the same time around the world, regardless of location, climate, or any other factors for reasons scientists have yet to discern.