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TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked

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N7ln8 TIL That Jet Li's birth name is 'Li Lianjie' but took up the name 'Jet' because they likened his career to an aircraft, which likewise "takes-off" as quickly.
rw6o TIL Amazon’s daily record for orders was more than 26.5 million items worldwide across all product categories, which is a record-breaking 306 items per second. That day Amazon sold enough copies of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy to create a stack 445 times taller than the Space Needle.
grnr9 TIL Kim il-Sung was raised in a family of Presbyterian Christians
jAoj TIL South Korea was ruled by a real benevolent dictator for 15 years, credited for establishing foundations of modern economy in S.Korea.
1arAO TIL Guy Fawkes managed to jump from the execution scaffold and break his neck, so he could die instantly rather than face more agony from further torture.