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TIL that last summer the band Phish played thirteen concerts in a row at Madison Square Garden, and performed 237 songs without repeating a single one.

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R7Lja TIL about Mandate of Heaven, theory in China, according to which the ruler must have the support of Heaven to rule. Moral rulers who care for their people gain the mandate. If a despot sits on the throne, the Heavens can withdraw it, which they signal through e.g. eclipses, floods, wars, plagues etc
01LL TIL: that the zipper company YKK produces everything in-house, including its zipper-manufacturing machines and shipping boxes.
Wk0E8 TIL George Lucas asked Toshiro Mifune of Kurosawa fame to be Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader, only to be turned down because he thought it would "cheapen the image of samurai".
nGKB TIL A 16 year old attempted to prank gang members stating “are you ready to dye” before pulling out a bottle of Clairol hair dye. Before the bottle could be pulled out, one of the gang members shot the 16 year old multiple times in the head.
nWJNG TIL that there's a North Korean school system in Japan, ranging from kindergarten to university, for ethnic Koreans who registered with the DPRK.