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G9Q5 TIL the mocumentary BORAT is banned in all Arab countries except Lebanon.
7r9MO TIL famous mathematician Kurt Gödel became paranoid of being poisoned in his old age. He was so afraid that he only ate his wife's cooking, and died of starvation after she passed away.
YplkG TIL in the 900s AD, a Chinese Emperor sent an artist- Gu Hongzhong- to spy on a minister, who was always late at court. Gu found out that the minister partied almost every night, and the painting he made to show the Emperor his minister's debauchery- "The Nightly Revels"- became an art masterpiece.
Br0gL TIL after most of his family was murdered by the Austro-Hungarian forces Momčilo Gavrić set off to join the Serbian army, becoming the youngest soldier in WWI at age 7. He reached the rank of lance sergeant in the Serbian army.
nmkW TIL that two Roman dams in Spain (the Proserpina and Cornalvo dams) are still in use after 1900 years