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TIL Some Chinese companies hire white actors to pretend to be foreign businessmen so that the companies can seem more connected globally.

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5m59 TIL RPG clerics wield maces because Bishop Odo of Bayeux was wielding one in the Bayeux Tapestry, allegedly so as not to shed blood.
MPb7 TIL the meme “sex offenders have an 80% re-offense rate” is bunk, despite being cited by the Supreme Court multiple times. The actual rate is closer to 2%.
6Edpl TIL that actor Michael Caine originally joined drama class in high school because it was full of girls and he wanted to get laid. He ended up winning two Oscars.
OGbE6 TIL one of the leaders of the NAACP in the early 20th century was Walter White. Who was able to pass as white and protect himself during tense situations in the 20s and 30s.
bam9 TIL the World Wide Web Wanderer was designed at MIT to measure the size and growth of the internet. Wanderer is considered to be the first online bot, and was launched on this day in 1993!