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TIL The first emperor of China had a Terracotta Army sculpted and buried with him so he would be protected in the afterlife. The sculptures are life sized and appear to each have unique facial features.

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6EknQ TIL that the island council of Mackinac Island in Michigan had to give special permission for the 1980 Christopher Reeve movie 'Somewhere In Time' to bring cars on the island as (other than emergency vehicles) cars are prohibited. The cars brought for the production were limited to filming areas.
PX8E TIL 15 girls perished in a school fire in Saudi Arabia because morality police outside would not let them exit because they weren’t wearing a veil.
LQyvP TIL that coffee was originally consumed as wine, when coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia, they were fermented and consumed as a type of wine. It wasn't until later that the practice of roasting and brewing the beans as we know it today emerged.
KYl74 TIL that Indians/Indo-Mauritians make up approximately 66% of the population in Mauritius, followed by Mauritian Creoles (28%), and Chinese Mauritians (3%).
wngo TIL Even though oranges had been around in the UK since the 1300’s, the colour word “orange” wasn’t introduced until the 1540’s. Before then all orange coloured things were deemed to be red. Which is why the robin has a red breast, even though it’s clearly orange.