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TIL that China has banned Brad Pitt ever entering their country, as well as banning Martin Scorcese and Harrison Ford from entering Tibet.

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grXxA TIL, There is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Mumbai, India (Formerly Bombay), hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.
VBwdm TIL about Seligmannite, a rare metallic mineral named in honor of Gustav Seligmann who was a mineral collector, amateur crystallographer, author, and banker.
R7Vww TIL that Stan Lee used alliterative names like Peter Parker and Reed Richards because he has a poor memory - having first and last name start with the same letter made them easier to remember
ANa4w TIL that ‘Shawshank Redemption’, the highest-rated IMDb film of all time, was nominated for seven Oscars - but won none.
DQoDD TIL that bed bugs have no courtship rituals. What they have, instead, is a type of mating behavior called traumatic insemination.