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TIL Vancouver recently begun the application process to designate Chinatown a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to increase recognition. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Courtyard is a key public space, though years of neglect and general disuse have led to its becoming a popular site for vandalism and loitering

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EZ00 TIL the “fat Buddha” statue is not actually a representation of Gautama Buddha, but is in fact a Chinese deity known as Budai.
E1YyX TIL in 1945, a man survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air raid shelter, spent the night there, and caught the morning train to arrive at his job – in Nagasaki – where he survived yet another nuclear blast
4XpPN TIL Many scenes of 'Young Frankenstein' had to be re-shot, not because the actors were laughing and breaking character, but because the rest of the film crew were laughing so hard during filming, they ruined all the takes.
JX7Q TIL that in 2013 a Swedish man broke out of prison one day before his release in order to see a dentist
y9g8 TIL that public universities in the U.S. spent more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies on their sports programs from 2010 through 2014.