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TIL there was a 52 episode Bollywood version of Stephen King's IT on the TV in the late 90s called Woh

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KOd5R TIL that the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been held by one and the same Muslim family since 1517. This is a way of maintaining a neutral guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, since the church is split between multiple Christian denominations.
kO561 TIL During President Kim Il-sung’s visit to Indonesia in 1965, President Sukarno showed Kim around the Bogor Botanical Gardens when the latter was smitten by an orchid. Sukarno promptly named the flower Kimilsungia and appointed it as the symbol of the eternal friendship between the two countries
oBLbK TIL it took 50 years for Delia Derbyshire to be credited on-screen as creator of the original "Dr Who" theme music, due BBC policy to keep employees of the Radiophonic Workshop anonymous
DNrg TIL that Stanley Lieber used the pseudonym, Stan Lee because he was afraid that associating his legal name with comic books would harm his writing career.
Lke7m TIL a research study published in 2010 found that acetaminophen can reduce physical and neural responses associated with the pain of social rejection, whether in romantic relationships, friendships or otherwise.