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TIL that Chinese armed forces use crossbows at all unit levels to stop persons carrying explosives without risk of causing detonation.

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gVeA TIL that actor Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote a letter of praise to Bryan Cranston, telling him that his “performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever.”
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kOw9E TIL that in 1994 Rashida Jones (Karen from The Office & Ann from Parks and Rec.) wrote an open letter to Tupac in response to remarks made by him about her parents' interracial marriage. They eventually patched up their differences and Tupac went on to become friends with Rashida and her family.
OGPgY TIL that the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time, the highest UK tax rate was 95%.
yQW4p TIL that no person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia