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

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X0vyP TIL: the cover of Caldor's 1998 "Toy Book" holiday ad featured two boys playing Scrabble. One of the words on the board was "RAPE."
7rXwX TIL the British Voice Association conducted a highly technical acoustical analysis of Freddie Mercury’s voice based on interviews and recordings of his singing. Even after in-depth research, they were still unable to explain how Freddie physiologically achieved his incredible four-octave range.
4Xrpw TIL that cat meat is a traditional Christmas dish in parts of Switzerland. The Swiss government rejected a proposed law to protect dogs and cats from being eaten in 1993.
1b4P TIL that November 28, 2012 was the most peaceful day NYC ever had - without a single reported murder, shooting, stabbing or other incident of violent crime.
E19Yx TIL State Farm paid $145million in punitive damages for having a “Jew list” to discriminate against claimants.