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TIL that China has banned live streams of people eating bananas in a “seductive” fashion.

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nWXeB TIL about Sikkim, a Himalayan Kingdom that was independent for +300 years as recently as 1975, when the Chogyal, a Buddhist absolute monarch (except 1973-75) of Tibetan origin was desposed of in a referendum by his (mostly Hindu) subjects where the overwhelming majority (97%) voted to join India.
e0J0b TIL of Pedro Rodrigues Filho, who was sentanced to 126 years in prison for killing 11 people, then was sentanced to another 400 years for killing another 60+ inmates, but was released after 34 years as per Brazillian law
pv9e TIL Hugh Jackman is the founder of a charity coffee company where 100% of the profits go to worldwide education, community development, and new business development.
6EDRW TIL that King Charles II in 1662 ordered all female roles in plays to be played by women after a play he was watching was interrupted on account of a man cast as a woman taking too long to shave
j667p TIL about Deafula (1975), the first ever film performed entirely in American Sign Language. It was released with no audio track in the original release, but later releases include a dub for hearing audiences.