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TIL that Buddhists create sand mandalas only to destroy them, to teach the belief that nothing lasts forever.

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GYo67 TIL that state-run Chinese newspapers have fallen multiple times for the Onion, believing in the Onion’s satirical articles and quoting it as a credible source.
P4Bw TIL Iron Maiden wrote a song based on Dune, the classic sic-fi novel. The band initially wanted to name the song “Dune”, but were met with the following message upon requesting permission: “Frank Herbert doesn’t like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially bands like Iron Maiden”.
GpAJ TIL Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) is the only member of “The Office” that appears and has lines in every episode.
dD7rj TIL while on trial for corruption Gayus Tambunan, an Indonesian tax official, bribed his way out of prison 68 times. One of these times he took a flight to Bali to watch a tennis match where he was immediately recognized despite his poor attempt at a disguise.
Y7GXG TIL a quine is a computer program that takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.