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TIL During the Beijing Olympics, a 9-year-old girl who sang a patriotic song at the opening ceremony, was revealed to be a fake lip-syncing. The real singer was a 7-year-old girl who was kept backstage, because she was considered not good looking enough and that might’ve damaged China’s image.

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YZEB TIL last September there was a “Nickelodeon Golden Age” conference reflecting on the network’s early days, featuring dozens of speakers including Billy West, Marc Summers, Big Pete and more! The video is long but worth it if you grew up watching 90’s Nick.
16nXD TIL there are 2 different versions of Mexican Coke. No HFCS (only cane sugar) is exported to the US while Mexican domestic Coke has Splenda and/or cane sugar & HFCS
m1nNv TIL that after Crassus was killed by the Parthians at Carrhae, his severed head was delivered to the Parthian king Orodes who was watching a play with the Armenian king Artavasdes. The head was then used as a prop in the play representing the severed head of a character in the play.
e0KX5 TIL Native American Colonel Donehogawa hand-wrote the surrender terms at Appomattox in April 1865 signed by Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who "stared at me for a moment, he extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' I shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'"
PwvJ TIL Moti Shniberg, business man, tried to trademark the term “September 11, 2001."on that very day, as the Twin Towers and Pentagon were still smoldering.