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TIL Chinese companies hire white people to give the impression they are “international”

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gMrlb TIL Diehard Star Trek Fans Ranked Galaxy Quest the 7th Best Star Trek film
xVgOk TIL one of the main reasons why double jeopardy laws were overturned in England & Wales was to ensure that the murderers of Stephen Lawrence were brought to justice. The overturn meant that you can now be brought to trial again for murder in light of substantial new evidence.
woMK1 TIL there is a term for phobia of other people’s opinion of you. It’s called Allodoxaphobia and it can be treated through therapy
dDL6E TIL John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) was made on a $300,000 budget and grossed $70 million worldwide, making it one of the most profitable independent films ever made.
graY8 TIL 2 teens secretly scaled the Acropolis on 5/30/41 in Nazi-occupied Greece & stole the Nazi flag that was flying atop it. Their heroic act of defiance inspired Greeks to believe themselves capable of resisting the Nazis & their occupation of Greece. The teens were never caught & died of old age!