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TIL that China blocked search engine results for “tomorrow”, “yesterday” and “today” during the anniversary of Tiananmen Square

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KAba TIL that inscribed pottery from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt list three human genders.
WkZyL TIL of Michael Fay, an American citizen who visited Singapore in 1993 and was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for vandalizing cars.
B4Wy TIL Uber stated the median driver in New York City was making $90,000 a year when in reality they were actually making around $38,000.
dDvAj TIL The actual origin of the word Lyric stems from poetry recited alongside someone playing a Lyre in Ancient Greece.
0wRKj TIL during WWII Soviet scientists defended the world’s largest seed vault through a 900-day siege. Many of the scientists starved amid the crops and fruit, refusing to jeopardize ‘the future of Russia’ to save themselves.