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TIL Bruce Lee left Hong Kong for Seattle in 1958 with nothing but $100 in his pocket. He gave cha cha lessons to first-class passengers to earn extra money during the ship ride to US.

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oRM48 TIL; parfum(perfume) and cologne is not gendered, but a measure of the concentration of parfum oil.
W7GaL TIL the Iraivan Temple on Kauai is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity. It is modeled after temples from ancient India. Its construction began in 1990 and completed in 2023. Less than 1% of Hawaii’s population is Hindu and on Kauai.
1a117 TIL that fish skin can be grafted onto humans and is used as an "alternative biological wound dressing". Possible Medical NSFW
dA1K TIL Billy Joel pursued a music career when he realized he wasn’t going to graduate high school at the end of his senior year. As he recounted, “If I’m not going to Columbia University, I’m going to Columbia Records, and you don’t need a high school diploma over there.” Columbia ended up signing him.
GAnaQ TIL Children can suffer of dementia