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TIL In the early 2000's the original trilogy of Star War ran on tv in Chilie and they incorporated beer ads into the movies

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b6no7 TIL As a teenager, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping went to Europe on a work-study program designed by anarchists who hoped a Western education would create a cohort capable of reviving China
xDj7 TIL: Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending
QNk56 TIL Earthquakes leave heat signatures. Friction from large earthquakes can heat the slip zone over 1000 degree Celsius higher than the surrounding rock leaving behind glass-like pseudotachylytes which can be used to estimate the energy of the event.
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