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TIL that on his 42nd birthday Douglas Adams was invited to play onstage with Pink Floyd

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M7bpW TIL The small tropical city of Sanya on Hainan Island, now a global tourism destination, was annexed by Emperor Qin in 214 BCE and was considered inaccessible, mysterious in ancient China. Mainly inhabited by ethnic Li and Miao, barriers and poor transportation prevented Han people from visiting it
lo8VG TIL Temple of Doom is a Prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. RotLA is set in 1936 and TOD is set in 1935
l7JA7 TIL In 1886 William Ellsworth Robinson, an American Magician assumed the Asian inspired persona of Chung Ling Soo, dressed in traditional Chineese attire, pretended to not speak English & faked a marriage to an Asian American to fool European audiences. He later died during a failed Bullet Catch Act
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