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TIL 11 things China did for the 2008 Olympics, which included arresting bald and smelly cab drivers

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kOeE5 TIL of 'kangaroo words', that is, a word that contains a synonym inside it, i.e MAscuLinE, BLOssOM, cHickEN or hoNOuraBLE.
8ayAV TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald applied for asylum to the Soviet Union in 1959 (was denied), and lived in Minsk for 2 and a half years before returning the the US.
EgVpx TIL that splinter free toilet paper was invented in 1930. Which means before that, toilet paper had splinters. Ouch.
nBR9 TIL ancient Egypt was formed from the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt around 3000 BC, and the pharaohs wore a double-crown, with one half, the White Crown, representing Upper Egypt, and the other half, the Red Crown, representing Lower Egypt.
OolR1 TIL the owners of Studio 54 went to investigate smell at the height of its popularity. They found the body of a crasher who had tried to sneak in through the vents but got stuck and died.