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TIL that the Dalai Lama searches & selects a Panchen Lama - the person responsible for finding the reincarnated Dalai Lama. The Panchen Lama was found in 1995, aged 6, and was subsequently kidnapped by the Chinese Government, replaced with a boy of their choosing, and never seen again.

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XEN1R TIL about Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a 2003 racing video game frequently cited as one of the worst video games of all time. There is no time limit to complete a race, the opponent does not move, and completing a race rewards the player with a trophy bearing the phrase "You're winner !"
4gao TIL the Wu-tang hit single ‘protect ya neck’ cost only $300 to record, they paid for it in quarters. To this day it’s made them millions
4wka TIL that after a man died from continuously laughing for 25 minutes while watching an episode of the 1970s British TV Show ‘The Goodies’, his widow sent a letter to the show thanking them for making his final moments so pleasant.
9n0M TIL there have been computers programmed in “ternary” instead of the conventional binary. One such computer, built by the Soviets in 1958, had distinct advantages over binary computers such as increased power efficiency, cheaper parts and easier implementation of certain operations.
N7bV8 TIL that in Taiwan, Father's Day is on August 8th. This was determined by the fact that the eighth (ba) day of the eighth (ba) month makes two "eights" (八八, ba-ba), which sounds similar to the colloquial word for "daddy" (ba-ba，爸爸)