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TIL that in China TV adverts can only be shown at the end of a 45min program instead of during

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6EkW TIL that “Finnegans Wake”, a book by James Joyce, is widely considered to be one of the most difficult works of fiction to read. Readers and commentators have yet to come to a unanimous agreement on who the characters are or what the plot is.
yQoDJ TIL 20 sided dice were used in the ancient world. Examples of the dice have been found from Ancient Greece, Rome, and even Egypt.
M7xPV TIL that during his retirement, George Washington was so intent on staying within 25 miles of his Mount Vernon Estate that he declined to attend the wedding of his nephew Lawrence Augustine Washington.
nW08r TIL that in 1947, despite preaching non-violence, Gandhi accepted armed protection from Gopal Mukherjee's team during a violent attack by a crowd in Calcutta, after he provided written consent for their use of sten guns and hand grenades
LnKp TIL about a protest in a village in Turkey. The women were fed up with walking to get water, so they withheld sex from their husbands until they fixed the water line. They got what they wanted in one month.