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TIL there’s an annual “Bowie vs. Prince” bike ride in Portland that’s been going on since 2008.

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j8GM TIL The USS Arizona, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese 73 years ago today, still leaks 2-9 quarts of oil each day.
l08B TIL there is a town in Japan where deceased or otherwise departed people have been slowly replaced by dolls - over the last 10 years, the doll population has grown to 350, now outnumbering humans 10 to 1, populating empty schools, sidewalks and more
kJWMm TIL there's a 4 gallon aquarium in France that mimics the conditions of an ocean zone that's over a mile under sea level
Z8vGp TIL that 1984 by George Orwell was banned in the USSR for being Anti-Communist, but also banned in the USA for being Pro-Communist.
a1BZ TIL Gary Plauche killed his son’s kidnapper and sexual abuser in a busy airport as he returned for trial.