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TIL that the original version of the Aladdin story is explicitly set in China by its opening sentences, and Aladdin himself is Chinese

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j6ZQR TIL about a group of artists living in a mall space rent free. I also learned, apparently. How they didn’t isn’t a crime.
wooYo TIL of the Goa Inquisition in Portuguese India which enforced Catholic Orthodoxy from 1561 to 1812. Primary targets were Hindus who were forced to convert under imprisonment and starvation. All records were destroyed by the Portuguese in 1812 and exact number of casualties still remain unknown today
e0ax5 TIL that USA once detonated atomic bombs and placed a bunch of beer near them. They concluded that, in the event of a atomic blast, beer is mostly safe to drink.
n65G TIL In North Korea, it is the year 104. That’s based off of the Juche Calendar, introduced in 1997. Juche 1 is based on the year Kim Il-sung was born, April 15, 1912.
Ypayr TIL in 2003, unnatural-looking skeletal remains measuring "six inches long" were found... genetic analysis show the unknown baby suffered a staggering number of defects including progeria, dwarfism, and scoliosis