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TIL ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison is about an interracial relationship and was originally titled 'Brown Skinned Girl’

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6KRX TIL Disney world is built upon a small city that runs the park
NXjYe TIL the motto of the Royal Society, one of the earliest scientific academies, founded in London in 1660, is ‘Nullius in verba’, which means something like ‘Take no one’s word for it.’
VMnA0 TIL “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was originally planned to start with Indie riding a motorcycle on the Great Wall of China, followed by the discovery of a “Lost World” type of hidden valley with dinosaurs. The idea was scrapped when the Chinese government refused to let them film there.
PXNL TIL Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits, 162 spoken, 38 written.
rNJoW Today I learned that Emperor Ai of the Han dynasty had a male lover named Dong Xian. Their relationship was notable, with the emperor bestowing honours upon Dong Xian due to his affection. This bond is often cited as a significant example of same-sex love in ancient Chinese history.