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TIL about the China - Vietnam conflicts from 1979–1991

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lo4va TIL that people with dementia think that stuff like a black doormat isn’t a doormat, but a deep hole in the floor. Due to these visual perception problems, people with dementia avoid stepping the doormat, and this is sometimes used to keep them from leaving their care facilites.
v19GK TIL the 'Fake Shemp' - using one actor to fill in for another - is now prohibited by Screen Actors Guild rules, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Crispin Glover over his replacement in Back to the Future II
awdrL TIL about "Callin' Oates", an emergency Hall and Oates hotline that you can call to hear 1 of 4 Hall and Oates songs. The number is 719-266-2837
6Eaol TIL The band Chumbawamba, best known for their 1997 "hit" "Tubthumping", formed in 1982 and had a long and unremarkable career prior to the release of what would become known as their greatest song.
R7EvQ TIL a German nun left heartbroken after seeing leprosy patients in Pakistan, where it was believed as a punishment from God & patients were ostracized, left everything behind & moved there to fight leprosy alone. She got the country (then population of 127 million) rid of disease.