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TIL Conan O'Brien won a charity auction for a walk-on cameo role of How I Met Your Mother... he plays a random dude in the background at the bar

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j6pjX TIL in Khmer Rouge Cambodia, Cambodians of Chinese descent were massacred by the Khmer Rouge under the justification that they "used to exploit the Cambodian people". Despite this, the Chinese government did not protest the killings, and provided at least 90% of Cambodia's foreign aid.
E9gP TIL whether it’s $2 or $2 million, rapper T-Pain has always puts half of any check he receives into his savings account
7rvEM TIL that Star Wars lore was heavily influenced by Hinduism. George Lucas was a fan of the works of Joseph Campbell and his seminal book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Campbell was responsible for popularizing many Hindu legends and theological concepts in the West through his works.
wLLBE It's not that meanies are more physically attractive than everyone else. They're just very good at fooling us.
VryQ TIL that China produces 20 million tons of garlic each year, four times more than the rest of the world combined. It’s more than 14kgs per capita annually.