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TIL that pugs were breed in china so that the wrinkles on there foreheads would resemble chinese letters meaning “prince”

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Km94 TIL Oscar, the character from The Office, was not originally intended to be gay. This choice was inspired by an early episode in which he wore a pink shirt.
e0nG4 TIL On the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, everyday for about two hours before sunset hundreds of Tuvaluans, young and old, meet on the international airport runway to just hang out
DAnV TIL In 2005, a Croatian architect installed a set of large marble stairs that descends into the sea that effectively transform the entire area into a colossal musical instrument played by the motions of the winds and the sea. It is called ‘The Zadar Sea Organ’
yQ4v TIL that Thomas Jefferson once said about democracy: “…nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
Ajwx TIL that for the first 6 years of Pavarotti’s career, he couldn’t get paid singing roles and had to work as an elementary school teacher and insurance salesman to support himself.