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TIL Jackie Chan is extremely unpopular in his native Hong Kong due to his antidemocratic stance and outspoken support for China’s ruling Communist Party

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BgrQb TIL that the avant-guard Jazz musician Sun Ra is considered one the 20th centuries most prolific musical artists, having written over a thousand tracks.
R71ml TIL The birthday-number effect is the subconscious tendency of people to prefer the numbers in the date of their birthday over other numbers. First reported in 1997 by Japanese psychologists Shinobu Kitayama and Mayumi Karasawa, the birthday-number effect has been replicated in various countries. ????
OoQaY TIL after hearing The Doors' first album, lead singer Jim Morrison's father urged him "to give up any idea of singing or any connection with a music group because of what I consider to be a complete lack of talent in this direction."
Egre0 TIL There is a spider bite (Brazilian Wandering Spider) that will give you a raging erection for hours when bitten
WjbX TIL after the ‘feel-good’ story about the success of an ex-Convict turning his life around appeared on the Syracuse.com news site, the car dealership with whom he was employed immediately fired him.