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TIL that more than two decades before his house arrest for his sympathetic treatment of the Tiananmen Square protestors, former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang was removed from his official positions and paraded through Guangzhou in a dunce cap.

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9w8dm TIL that Dan Synder, owner of the Washington Commanders, illegally cleared old-growth national park forest from behind his home in 2004. The unobstructed view of the Potomac River is estimated to have raised the value of his own property $500,000 – $1,000,000. He was fined $1000.
MkD7 TIL that the movie Clerks was the first movie in history where the cost to license the soundtrack ended up being more than the production cost for the entire movie
8apvK TIL “Chicago” means “skunk land”
KYyRa TIL Besides humans, the only mammal known to have a sense of rhythm is the Indri lemur of Madagascar.
9PEM TIL Walter Reed earned 2 MDs before his 20th brithday. He joined the Army because no one took him seriously because of his youth.