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TIL George Orwell’s 1984 which condemns totalitarianism in a police state, is readily available in China, having been translated 13 times from 1985 to 2012

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0WWj TIL Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a Buddhist Monk, meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim, National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights. He never moved. Supporters of Buddhism consider him the “reincarnation of the Buddha”
P6Ng TIL Coca Cola is paying $100,000 to anyone who can find a new source of natural sweetener.
BeVL TIL that a live nuclear bomb was ejected over the coast of Georgia, USA. The B-47 plane carrying it was hit by another plane, and the bomb was ejected to prevent detonation during the crash. The bomb was never found and still lies somewhere near the coast.
Zp8xB TIL that the phrase, "The empire on which the sun never sets." originally referred to the Spanish Empire.
XoKX TIL John Oliver met his wife, an Iraq War veteran, at the 2008 Republican National Convenrion when she helped hide him & the Daily Show crew.