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TIL 30% of world's smokers are Chinese

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J1lMQ TIL On November 2nd, 1963, Reviewing The Beatles' concert the night before in Cheltenham, England, the British paper Daily Mirror uses the headline "BEATLEMANIA! It's happening everywhere ... even in sedate Cheltenham"; effectively inserting the phrase into the popular consciousness.
4xYX TIL Boston has hidden poems on its sidewalks that are only visible when wet. When it rains, pedstrians are treated to the work of Langston Hughes and others.
KYXE4 Today I learned about the Dutch Disease (aka Resource Curse) where a nation is resource rich nations, through corruption and/or inefficiency, are incapable of turning the resources into economic growth.
lbbK TIL there is an organization that promotes the idea that architects should consult with children of the communities during the design of public playgrounds. In some case studies, children even take an part in the hands-on modeling.
WkLJL TIL of “Gay Bob”—one of the first homosexual dolls ever made. The anatomically-correct doll came out in the 1978 amid tons of controversy and was stored in a box made to look like a closet. Esquire awarded the toy the “Dubious Achievement Award” and the toy sold remarkably well throughout the year.