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TIL that rich people in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentence

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DkMj TIL Classical marble statues used to be painted in color; although they have faded to blank whiteness, we can use UV light to see the original textures
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QN55L TIL a 64-year-old woman survived after ingesting 208 tablets of Tylenol PM (acetaminophen 500mg and diphenhydramine 25 mg).
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