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TIL an architect tricked China into building a giant dong

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e0l46 TIL Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith first met his doppelganger, actor Will Ferrell, at the premier of the film The Ladies Man. After the two finally met, Ferrell looked at Smith and said, completely deadpan, “You are very handsome” before walking away.
xXG7 TIL that in the 1700s, the Russian Empire had a black African major-general, governor and nobleman, who had come from Africa as a gift for Peter the Great, and who was also the great-grandfather of Russian author Pushkin.
R5rLl TIL: Chuck norris’s first name is actually carlos
Egyox TIL The inspiration for the creation of YouTube (according to co-founder Jawed Karim, the guy in "Me at the zoo") was that it was difficult to find videos online of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime flash.
vPlgj TIL Troy weight which is used to measure bullions like gold; where one troy ounce (oz t) equals exactly 31.1034768 grams