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TIL a white guy in Oakland put a concrete Buddha in a median to stop trash dumping, and it turned into a huge Vietnamese shrine - stopping the dumping but filling his neighborhood with tourists.

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R87Q TIL that unlike other languages, the Korean script was a deliberate invention by a king, and is often considered the most scientific writing system in the world.
1Bk8 TIL In 1909, the Criminal Code was amended to criminalize the abduction of women. Before this, the abduction of any woman over 16 was legal, except if she was an heiress. The maximum penalty for stealing a cow was much higher than for kidnapping an heiress.
Pn9O TIL that James Woods reported and identified 2 of the 9/11 terrorists a month before the event when they performed a practice run.
1aydO TIL that, despite scathing reviews, every successive film in the Resident Evil franchise has made more money globally than the previous film (with the exception of Resident Evil: Retribution). The series has made more than $1 billion total and 4 out of 6 of the films opened at #1 in North America.
oR5rW TIL a 2007 Consumer Reports survey of 1,057 participants found that on average American women owned 19 pairs of shoes (although they only wore 4 pairs regularly), with 15% owning 30+ pairs. In addition, 43% said they had been at least moderately injured by shoes before; 8% reported sprains or breaks