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TIL That the half-shaven-long-braid Chinese hairstyle was a sign of submission to their Manchurian rulers

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LkeOV TIL that Breaking Bad has a shot-for-shot Spanish remake titled "Metástasis" featuring Walter Blanco, a struggling high school chemistry teacher in Bogotá, Colombia, who teams up with his previous student José to cook methamphetamine.
rNJn1 TIL that rockets are launched from near the equator because it gives them a large initial speed, helping reach space with less fuel. Over a 24-hour period, such places travel longer distances than places at higher latitudes, which means that they move faster and have more angular momentum.
wL61E TIL Sometimes Air Forces Ceremonially Set Pianos on Fire
OE1X TIL there’s a Jewish themed restaurant in the Ukraine called At the Golden Rose where patrons dress in traditional Jewish garb, and haggle over the prices.
0r75 TIL a scientist from Utah used his obituary to confess that not only had he never graduated from college or got a Ph.D, but that he never even learned what Ph.D stood for.