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TIL The health benefits of drinking hot water.

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awv8b TIL Nagasaki was not the primary target for ‘Fat Man’. The neighboring city of Kokura was the intended target, but due to unfavorable weather conditions, Nagasaki was bombed instead.
KOpgJ TIL Roman Emperor Nero used to dress in disguise to rob stores and mug civilians. One night he picked the wrong man, a senator named Montanus, who beat him within an inch of his life. Montanus later realised his error and apologised profusely, however Nero made him commit suicide as recompense.
rDxx TIL that in China, real-estate developers hire white people to boost businesses because they make “the place feel classier.”
x60bk TIL that, in 1989, the short film Visions of Ecstasy became the only movie to have been refused certification by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) on the grounds of blasphemy
P1PaO TIL that Steven Spielberg wanted to make an animated adaption of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats but was later canceled