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TIL that the rotating tray commonly found in Chinese restaurants are called "Lazy Susans" and they are an American invention.

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aLb TIL Polish jokes were strategically used by the Nazis to justify war crimes against Poland.
jopN TIL during the filming of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee was a guest on set and Gregory Peck noticed her crying after the first scene was shot. She explained that he looked just like her late father, right down to his pot belly. He replied, “That’s not a pot belly, Harper, that’s great acting.”
0w5Gp TIL that in Taiwan and South Korea, unless there is an emergency, motorcycles are forbidden on the freeways.
RLK1 TIL in 1998 Sean Penn was taken hostage in a police department holding cell and dragged outside by gunpoint only to learn the whole thing was an elaborate prank by Woody Harrelson
xlwo TIL that Venus’ rotation is slowing down at a shocking rate: 6.5 minutes slower over the last 16 years.