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TIL that China operates only on one time zone

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XEXmk TIL that the musical artist “Cary Brothers” (known for the single “Blue Eyes” on the Garden State soundtrack) is not multiple men with the last name Cary who are brothers - but one man, first name Cary, last name Brothers.
YgOG TIL that the bodyguard Walter H. Thompson saved Sir Winston Churchill over 20 times including from shrapnel during the Blitz, plots by the IRA, Indian nationalists, Arab nationalists, Nazi agents, Greek Communists and the deranged.
wL5g7 TIL in 2016, 'Getty Images' sold some of the 100,000+ photos that had been donated, royalty-free, to the Library of Congress by the original photographer and Getty Images then demanded payment from the photographer, for using the photos she owned. She sued them (unsuccessfully) for over $1 billion.
gM7Ab TIL about the crab spider which can change colour to match the flower it waits on to ambush its prey.
W7GN8 TIL Tiny the Wonder was a dog that was famous in mid-1800s London for killing 200 rats in an hour