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TIL that China banned Back to the Future for "time travel."

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d8ddK TIL Lifeguard instructor Keith Good claimed he “wasn’t on the clock” and refused to administer CPR to a drowned 13 year old.
yVApp TIL John Hughes chose to live in Chicago (where all his movies were set) rather than Hollywood or NYC because he preferred living among normal folks. "[In LA], you spend too much time with other people in the business and you trade ideas back and forth and it all sort of comes out looking the same."
mbAO TIL killing a panda can result in the death penalty in China
9wElB TIL that around 2000 years ago ancient Romans used sophisticated public toilets called latrines which had running water, sponge sticks for cleaning, and even served as places for socializing.