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TIL the first adopters of the bicycle in China were the prostitutes ('sing-song girls'). The bicycle was seen as undignified and far too menial, the prostitutes working the harbors had nothing to lose, so they were the first adopters.

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wLemM TIL of corruption in billion trees tsunami in Pakistan, and that only 240 million were actually planted. The claim of billion tree is currently being ivestigated by anti corruption board of Pakistan
nWJyB TIL only one person correctly guessed who shot Mr. Burns in the Simpson’s 1995 contest. The person made a post online and the writers wanted to give them a special gift, but they were unable to find the anonymous poster and on the DVD commentary, they were still searching for the individual
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wxw7 TIL that the number of American soldiers committing suicide is now almost four times higher than those killed in combat (2014 statistic)
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