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TIL Aladdin was actually a Chinese tale, and the Arabian Nights weren't exclusively in Arabia.

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ay6Z TIL influential sci-fi writer William Gibson once wrote a 4500-word article on Singapore titled ‘Disneyland with the Death Penalty’ for Wired. The magazine was banned in the city-state after the issue’s release.
GxnJ TIL drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45-60% rather than by using a hand dryer, which will increase it by 255%. This is because the dryer blows out bacteria living in the conveniently warm, moist environment
BrEDD TIL That during the Norwegian Butter Crisis of 2011, two Swedes were arrested for illegally smuggling more than 250kg of butter into the country. The police destroyed the confiscated illegal butter.
MedGm TIL of Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who assassinated President William McKinley on Sep. 6, 1901. He was executed seven weeks later by Edwin Davis, the first “state electrician” of New York.
9wQOM TIL Jackie Gleason’s game show “You’re in the Picture” was so horrible that it’s second and final episode was nothing but a monologue apology by Jackie decreeing that it "laid, without a doubt, the biggest bomb in history” and "would make the H-Bomb look like a two-inch salute."