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TIL Christianity existed in China as early as 635 AD

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oRmoL TIL Enigma's 1994 global megahit "Return To Innocence", plagiarized the polyphonic Amis language vocals of Difang and Igay Duana, indigenous people of Taiwan. They sued and Enigma settled for an undisclosed amount, acknowledging their writing and performing, and paying royalties going forward.
jNaKj TIL There is a deepsea crab named after the metal band "Metallica", because its habitat contains all kinds of metals and to raise awareness to the effects of deepsea metal mining
Me6xm TIL The Wild West only lasted around 30 years.
m1egM TIL in the original novel, Count Dracula is killed by knives
oRgvW TIL that after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, a copy of Borat was found by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham militants while raiding the personal residence of Bashar al-Assad.