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TIL Brad Pitt is banned from ever entering China because of the movie Seven Years in Tibet.

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E1Zwo TIL that a German landlord once evicted a tenant without notice for spreading Surströmming (Swedish fermented herring) brine in the building's stairwell. When taken to court, it was ruled that the eviction was justified when the landlord opened a can of the fish inside the courtroom.
dGpr TIL The Beatles “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is often misheard in Japan as “Ahonahōnyōhan”, meaning “Idiotic public urination”.
grdNL TIL “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper is a cover song, and the OG was sung by a man named Robert Hazard
4k0Ka TIL the world's shortest scheduled jet service is from Brazzaville to Kinshasa, Congo, covering 24 km or 15 miles. There are 7 flights a week, using a Boeing 737-800.
4kaao TIL the air force has a program in place that will keep B-52 bombers flying for over a hundred years since they were manufactured