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TIL this hotel is a self-declared republic in New Zealand, whose past presidents include a goat and a poodle

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Me5g8 TIL In 2009, China produced the film, "The Founding of a Republic", to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, with actors such as Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li. While Taiwan has asserted that it has no plans to actively censor the film, it has yet to be released there
e0eJk TIL: In 1975 a 50 year old bricklayer died laughing whilst watching an episode of the TV show, The Goodies. His widow wrote to the cast of the show to thank them for making her husband's final moments so pleasant.
KYv9w TIL that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 to 3 months of having it surgically shortened.
d68 TIL a Hollywood actress, Hedy Lamarr, invented the basis for modern WiFi and bluetooth in 1941
b9p9a TIL after the TV series ended, the helicopter from Airwolf was sold and served as an ambulance helicopter in Germany until it crashed in 1992, killing all on board.