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TIL that China’s parliament has about 100 billionaires

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VMNW8 TIL that Peter Gabriel intended for the 1986 song "In Your Eyes" to be the last track on his album "So", but due to the prominent bass line and the limitations of vinyl records, it had to be placed earlier on the record. This was rectified on the CD release of the album.
9kVm TIL Henrik Ibsen’s last words were “Quite the contrary” (Tvertimod) in response to his nurse’s assuring a visitor he was doing better.
K8XQ TIL people in the U.S. without insurance will sometimes buy antibiotics for fish as they are the same grade and dosage as human antibiotics but do not require a prescription.
eZ6g TIL When Turkey objected to the inclusion of Mount Ararat located on Turkish territory on Armenian’s soviet coat of arms Nikita Khrushchev replied “Why do you have a moon depicted on your flag? After all, the moon doesn’t belong to Turkey”
6OMQ TIL there was a point in the production of The Powerpuff Girls in which some people were late on their storyboards due to playing the newest Zelda game at the time. The studio was actually shut down for about a month so that they could get through the game before resuming production again.