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TIL Travelers with a Buddha tattoo will be immediately deported if seen in Sri Lanka.

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wLGm1 TIL Russell Brand was originally a host for MTV UK but was fired for arriving at work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after 9/11 and taking his drug dealer to the studio.
7PaM TIL- London is now the financial capital of the world, no longer New York City
9wdoD TIL that The Winstons, the soul group who created the most sampled music track in history, received no royalties for their famous drum sample (used by groups such as Oasis). Gregory Coleman, the drummer who performed in the sample, died homeless and destitute in 2006
59mk TIL Christoper Reeve starred in a movie called “Above Suspicion” where he played a paraplegic. Just two days after the film was released, he suffered the famous horse riding accident leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
5Yjy8 TIL That tap water is the most controlled "food" in germany and that it is so good that it beats mineral water in safety and even taste in many occasions.