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TIL Yao Ming was bred and raised by the Chinese government to be a basketball star

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n6w7 TIL a 2012 study by Tampere University of Technology found that, with energy efficiency improvements, a single household could decrease its energy consumption by more than 40%
VBYrZ TIL about Pino Puglisi, an anti mafia Sicilian Catholic Priest who worked steer kids away from and denounce organized crime. He was shot outside of his home, last words to the hitmen were "Ive been expecting you"
YpWRG TIL in Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage, they bought 3000 real guns for the filming because it was cheaper to buy real guns and resell later than buying props. They also rented 50 tanks which were only available for a short period because the source had to sell them to Libya later
5Yxo8 TIL that the concept of zombies goes all the way back to the dawn of written literature. In the Epic of Gilgmesh, Ishtar threatens to, "Raise up the dead and they shall eat the living." Similar ideas appear in the bible.
78kox TIL: In 1994, an American teenager Michael Fay was convicted of spray-painting a bunch of cars in Singapore and was caned as punishment. It became such a large issue that the White House attempted to prevent it. A year later, the Simpsons released "Bart vs. Australia", which based on the event.