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TIL : Chinese police use crossbow to stop suicide bombers without detonating their vests

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VWoQ TIL that Chris Rock picks small venues (50 people) and shows up unannounced to give new comedic routines (hundreds to thousands) in order to find out what jokes work/doesn’t.
Oogda TIL about William "Billy" Lee who was George Washington's slave and personal valet. He fought alongside Washington through the entire American Revolutionary War and was the only one of Washington's slaves emancipated immediately upon his death.
LPdv TIL the sad lamp from IKEA’s acclaimed 2002 commercial was taken home by a crew member at the end of the shoot. When the ad agency asked for it back, they received a note saying “See? you’ve fallen for it. You’ve grown attached to the lamp, and you are crazy.”
bvmQ TIL the developer of “The New Tetris” on N64 left an epic rant hidden in the code which he thought wouldn’t be discovered for years, but was uncovered after 3 days
aw6ny TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.