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

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YG4r TIL that during the Cannes Film Festival screening of the disturbing French film Irréversible, over 200 audience members walked out in disgust, and several reportedly required medical attention; those that stayed gave the film a 5-minute standing ovation.
v1Ao7 TIL Leonardo DiCaprio used to be a break dancer before he made it big as an actor. According to him he thinks he kept getting rejected by agents because he was a break dancer at the time and had crazy haircuts.
GYG65 TIL there is an organization called Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife (VETPAW) that enlists veterans to protect endangered species by hunting poachers in Africa
EVLX TIL outlets use to offer excess inventory and slightly damaged goods that retailers were unable to sell, however, some estimate upwards of 85% of the merchandise sold in outlet stores are manufactured exclusively for these stores often of lower quality than goods sold at non-outlet retail locations.
GbjE TIL that it wasn’t until 380,000 years after the Big Bang that the universe became transparent enough to let light shine through it.