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TIL the Chinese government forbids the band Muse from playing their hit song ‘Uprising’ at their concerts in China.

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0d6XN TIL that in the 1920's, a man was given 1 year to live by doctors, if he moved to a warm climate. He built a house in Bartow, FL with a lot of unique features and designs, and would go on to live to the 1970's. It has become known as "The Wonderhouse" and become a local tourist attraction.
rNlVM TIL That ‘Smart Toilets’ help you identify diseases through your stools or urine
jLwj TIL that Ian Fleming wanted his protagonist to be ‘an extremely dull, uninteresting man’ and when trying to name him, thought that 'James Bond’ was the “dullest name [he] ever heard”
9YdYp TIL: Tokyo subway stations installed blue LEDs, shown to improve mood, with hope of reducing suicides. It worked. Suicides at stations with blue lights dropped 84%, without corresponding increases stations without the lights. Note: blue light is good for mood, but bad for sleeping.
kJOL7 TIL That the old London Bridge is in Lake Havasu, AZ