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TIL Students in China can face up to seven years in prison for cheating on college entrance exams.

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JY4YV TIL that only 6 people have been presented the key to the city of Detroit, including Santa, Stevie Wonder, Elmo, and Saddam Hussein.
ADeB4 TIL: The mother of Dmitri Mendeleev (creator of the Periodic Table) traveled 1200 miles with her son to a university in Moscow to plead for her son's admission, only to get rejected. The mother then rode with Mendeleev another 400 miles to Saint Petersburg University and got him admission.
ZvQp TIL in the film “The Shining”, filming the ‘Heeeere’s Johnny!’ scene took 3 days and 80 doors.
E14QV TIL: During the Islamic invasions of India, many Jains temporarily let go of their principal of ahimsa (absolute non-violence) in order to defend the destruction of their temples.
aw6ab TIL - China/Taiwan renamed Guardians of the Galaxy as: "Interplanetary Unusual Attack Team"