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TIL The Chinese purchase more U.S. residential real estate than buyers from any other foreign country

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kOkx4 TIL that Notre-Dame cathedral features a carving of a knight fleeing from a rabbit, symbolizing cowardice. This carving inspired the Rabbit of Caerbannog scene in Month Python and the Holy Grail.
Zp98p TIL what happens to the losing team’s merchandise after the Super Bowl
VMYL8 TIL that Hungary removed many of the statues and monuments celebrating communism and moved them to an outdoor museum built so that the past would be saved, but not celebrated.
Llgd TIL: The man who discovered the precursor to Viagra presented his findings at a national urology meeting with a chemically induced boner, which he revealed when he removed his pants during the presentation.
BoDD TIL that “pig toilets” (combination toilets/feeding troughs) were once common in China and western India.