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TIL that China has practiced a form of gift exchange that goes back to the 7th Century where a Panda is given away for the purpose of diplomatic relations. This practice is known as “Panda Diplomacy”.

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rNEvW TIL in his final years, Marlon Brando was a secret tech geek who collected Mac computers, experimented with digital effects and Photoshop, was a fan of the game Myst, and pretended to be a Chinese exchange student online
Zobp TIL pineapples used to be valued at $5000, rarely eaten and used as a status symbol at parties
ed45 TIL that, during the 1960s, many black civil rights protesters from Detroit were ‘diagnosed’ with schizophrenia (due to their 'hostile’ and 'aggressive’ behavior) and confined to asylums. Some protesters were locked up for more than thirty years and died in custody
VBlnD TIL about The Sweatbox, a documentary about the making of The Emperor’s New Groove. Produced by Sting’s wife, it was never released by Disney due to the unprecedented access to their creative process, which was uncharacteristically rushed and improvised for this project.
78Lwb TIL about cherophobia - the fear of (or anxiety about) happiness.