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TIL that in 1995 authorities of the People’s Republic of China abducted the 6 year old Panchen Lama of Tibet,Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. He has not been seen or heard from since.

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0w8A TIL that a homeless man (The Bushman) has become famous for scaring tourists along Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco since 1980.
9YoJm TIL about "exploding caskets" being a problem in mausoleums. The process of decay builds up gasses that can cause a literal explosion and knock down the marble front of a crypt.
QK0L TIL that the United States, with less than 5 percent of the world’s population, buys more than 50 percent of its prescription drugs. And it buys them at prices designed to subsidize the rest of the industrial world, where the same drugs cost much less
5YG8 TIL power rangers came from a japanese show called super sentai and for their 35th anniversary they made a movie where all 199 of them team up
xVn5 TIL that the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”