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TIL Actors who have used drugs, visited prostitutes, or broken the law are not allowed to appear on television, movies, or other forms of broadcast (radio and advertisement) in China

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l7n51 TIL In 2010, Drs. Torres and Luckham debuted their spray-on fabric in a fashion show at Imperial College London. The science was inspired by traditions of textile-making, like felt, where fibers are bound instead of stitched or woven.
kOZJe TIL There's a sculpture of a fully-functional gold toilet titled "America" - to satirize modern politics.
7PaM TIL- London is now the financial capital of the world, no longer New York City
neaJ9 TIL that in the making of the documentary film “They Shall Not Grow Old”, Peter Jackson’s crew visually restored 100 hours of Imperial War Museum WWI footage for free “just to get their archive in better shape”.
D1KYj TIL As a way to legitimize their rule, medieval kings of England and France would touch people infected with Scrofula, a disease which causes swelling around the neck, expecting the royal touch to miraculously cure the patients. Henry IV of France touched 1,250 patients in one day