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TIL Chris Pratt lived in a Scooby-Doo van in Maui where he drank, smoked weed, and worked just enough to cover expenses.

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Y7LB TIL in Beijing there was a Traffic Jam that lasted over 9 days.
WkxyA TIL no one - not even Chinese citizens - can own property in China forever, because the government owns all property permanently. They can purchase a lease for Chinese real estate, which is good for 70 years on residential property and 50 years for commercial property.
0dvjL TIL when the Cleveland Museum of Art's enlarged casting of Rodin's "The Thinker" was blown up in 1970, the base and feet were completely destroyed and it left a "plume of bronze escaping from its base." The museum put the statue back on display and a plaque was added to note the damage.
v11jL TIL Albert Göring, the younger brother of the head of Luftwaffe Hermann Göring, helped many Jews and dissidents survive in Germany by forging his brother’s signature and falsifying transit documents.
AD4Ba TIL Virginia opossums only have a typical life span of 2-4 years with the oldest captured wild one being 3 years and the oldest in captivity being only 4 years and 5 months old. Common opossums lifespans are even shorter.