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TIL that the founder of the CCP believed in free democracy and free press.

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X0eMQ TIL that China had a legal ban on the production, import, and sale of video game consoles and arcade machines from 2000 2015. This ultimately led to a flourishing PC gaming market.
6EWWZ TIL Mohammed Salameh, rented a van that he exploded in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He then tried 3 times to get his deposit back on the van. This led to his arrest.
4kyag TIL Q Lazzarus, singer of Goodbye Horses, was unknown when the song appeared in Silence of the Lambs. Labels had rejected her due to her dreads, so she drove a cab. Once, she picked up "Lambs" director Jonathan Demme, and played him her demo. He responded "Oh my God, what is this and who are you?"
Oo9BL TIL that in 1911, poisoning by drinking Lysol was the most common means of suicide in Australia and New York
WkkwA TIL Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Parks rent for years.