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TIL many people supported countries boycotting the 2008 Olympics over China's human rights abuses in Tibet, but such boycotts never ended up happening

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xarb TIL Homes in Israel are required by law to have a security room built to resist projectiles and chemical weapons
16Q9V TIL that Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian engineer and economist who is considered one of the pioneers of game theory, experienced a notable personal setback when his wife left him for a servant, an event that reportedly had a significant impact on his life and work
OGope TIL after the Bonnie and Clyde ambush, the original owner of the car drove it, still in its gruesome state.
R7xA7 TIL about the giant poop monument of Ponta Grossa, Brazil
gMnn9 TIL the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach had no less than 20 children.