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TIL China has Muslim Labour Camps

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loJ4A TIL that in China, people don’t recognise the name Elvis Presley, and only know him as ‘Maowang’ which translates to ‘The Cat King’
41Aw TIL that after George R. R. Martin saw the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, he called the show “amazing” and noted that “Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros”
7XX TIL that there is a statue of George Washington, depicted as Zeus
nrDB TIL that upon leaving office, President Harry S Truman chose not to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the nation’s highest office.
9YjJ7 TIL There are two states where no single city composes more than 3% of the state's overall population. Those states are South Carolina and West Virginia. And, in both states, their largest city is named Charleston.