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TIL that the Daily Show’s John Oliver is married to an Iraq War vet - they met when she hid him and his crew from security during the 2008 RNC!

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LkZ9Z TIL that According to the Chinese law, all WeChat groups have to be registered with local authorities so that an official can also join the chat group to monitor conversations
rNew4 TIL that, about quantum physics, while Einstein thought something was missing in our knowledge, Bohr thought that our reality is a fantasy and the real truth is quantum weirdeness. Bohr meant that, on a large scale, certain quantum properties disappear (quantum decoherence).
KrgQ TIL over 30% of pharmaceuticals sold in developing countries are counterfeit. Roughly 50% of malaria drugs and up to 30% of antibiotics are counterfeit, mostly originating from India. Over 700,000 people die every year from consuming counterfeit drugs.
wBn8 TIL Stranger Things was rejected by 15 to 20 different networks before Netflix picked it up
xYm7 TIL the Danish’s “Dannebrog” or ‘Danish cloth’ is the oldest continuing flag in use since being officially adopted in 1307.