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TIL that wealthy Chinese hire body doubles to get prosecuted for their crimes; this process is called Ding zui

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GAp9E TIL the City of Boston has border collies that scare off geese in the esplanade along the Charles River to prevent them from nesting.
naNd TIL : When Voltaire (on his deathbed) was asked by priests to renounce the devil, he sarcastically replied, “This is no time to be making new enemies.”
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