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TIL: China has a National Pole Dancing Team.

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oBW6R TIL a German filmmaker once asked Carthusian monks for permission to film a documentary of their lives. They responded affirmatively 16 years later and the film took 5 more years to complete.
VMpBZ TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".
8ePaK TIL the 1991 eruption of Mt.Pinatubo in the Philippines triggered a "volcanic winter" that lowered the earth's temperature, causing unusually cold weather in the northern hemisphere for a few years afterwards.
v1ZlR TIL that in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant women national voting rights.