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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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b90gQ TIL: 6 British soldiers were dining in Las Vegas when the Vegas shooting occurred, they immediately abandoned their meal and rushed into the chaos to treat victims, saving multiple lives.
8N9V TIL that “nauseated” and “nauseous” are not interchangeable: “I am nauseated” means “I feel sick,” but “I am nauseous” literally means “I cause a feeling of sickness.”
e0x8k TIL that Arkansas rushed to execute 8 prisoners in 10 days due to a batch of lethal injection drugs that were expiring.
4bO6 TIL that in 2010 starving bears in nothern Russia dug up coffins and ate the human corpses inside
jOdR TIL the ‘Secret’ Coca-Cola component (flavoring 7X) was leaked in 2011. The ingredients are a mix of herb, spices, and fruits from oils of orange, lemon, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, and neroli. This gave the medicinal claims Coca-Cola had about alleviating headaches.