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TIL Most of the gaming consoles are manufactured in china but their usage is banned in an attempt to protect Chinese youth from wasting their minds away

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Oox71 TIL In Hinduism people worship penis and vagina. Legends say the energy of the penis of Lord Shiva was so strong that it started destroying the world, and the only thing to hold its power was his wife, Goddess Parvati's vagina. Hence, the worshiping started.
9Y56M TIL that the green falling code in The Matrix is actually sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the creator of the Matrix' distinctive code, said he scanned characters from his wife's Japanese cookbook and then manipulated them
g4Y9 TIL that Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire and CEO of Facebook, puts tape over his webcam. FBI director James Comey also tapes over his webcam and the American digital rights group EFF sells webcam stickers.
OoDZ1 TIL that a man named Oto Benga killed himself in 1916 after his family was murdered and he became an exhibit in the monkey house at Bronx Zoo. He was a popular "attraction" and was advertised as being the missing link in evolution.
y8aJ TIL Wonder Woman originally had a super-weakness: Being bound or chained by a male would strip her of her superpowers.