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TIL bodybuilding was banned in China in 1953.
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TIL That the Methuselah star maybe older than the estimated age of the universum.
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TIL that when asked for his thoughts on the migration of New Zealanders to Australia, the Prime Minister of New Zealand stated that the “annual exodus of Kiwis to Australia raised the average IQ of both countries”.
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TIL that within a year of being elected in 1980, Ronald Reagan was responsible for repealing restrictions on advertising to children, opening the floodgates for shows like Transformers, GI Joe and Carebears to dominate kids television and toy isles.
R7Rx8
TIL the "artificial banana" flavor is based on a real kind of banana called the Gros Michel. It was actually the predominant commercial banana available in the US prior to the 1950s, until a plague mostly wiped them out and they were replaced with the Cavendish banana we have today.
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TIL that a retired U.S. Army sergeant and Vietnam veteran became the first paralyzed American to successfully finish the New York City Marathon. She used a robotic exoskeleton device to complete 26.2 miles over 3 days.