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TIL there are two statues in Beijing of former NBA All-star Stephon Marbury. There is also a Stephon Marbury museum, a Chinese musical about his life and a movie in the works.

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Lb0P TIL that the IRS defined the complexity of the tax code as the #1 most serious problem facing tax-payers.
PYjJZ TIL the Japanese invaded Kiska, Alaska during WWII. This was the first time that the continental United States was occupied by a foreign power since the War of 1812.
6EOoW TIL bacteria from chronic gum disease has been found in brains suffering from Alzheimer's. Bad oral hygiene has been a known risk factor for dementia but researchers now suspect that bacteria from gum disease may somehow cross into the brain and cause or worsen Alzheimer's symptoms.
X0mQE TIL that the early 1910s/1920s Winnipeg Falcons hockey team was almost entirely made up of Icelandic-Canadians who had been excluded from playing elsewhere because of their immigrant origins. They went on become the 1920 Canadian champs and represent Canada in the 1920 Olympics, where they won gold.
X09Lr TIL in 2001 a 6-year-old boy died during an MRI exam when the machine's magnetic field jerked a metal oxygen tank across the room, fracturing his skull and injuring his brain. The child was under sedation at the time of the accident.