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TIL Tibetan monks sleep sitting up and even have a special “box” for it (pic in article)

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eown TIL DJ Carl Cox played the Millennium (1999 to 2000) on New Year’s Eve twice, by performing in Sydney, Australia and again in Hawaii after flying back over the International Date Line.
mxbEy TIL the game Pokemon Stadium for Nintendo 64 contains a full Game Boy emulator within its code, making it possible to play Game Boy games on a Nintendo 64.
DQE7p TIL the female figure in the left side of Coat of Arms of New Zealand's design and appearance was inspired by the actress Grace Kelly; Just because the designer Jack Marshall(a future Prime Minister) liked her so much.
XpXD TIL that some massage parlors in China are staffed completely by blind people.
D1nbv TIL that Bhutan is the only country in the world that by its own constitution protects its forests, and the country measures progress not through its Gross Domestic Product but through "Gross National Happiness."