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TIL: Until it was torn down in 1992, there was an Anarchic, lawless city in China, with 50,000 people living in the area of several city blocks.

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v17oL TIL that China's nuclear program sought to create both an atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb, as well as an artificial satellite. Thus the program's name was 两弹一星 which translates to "Two Bombs, One Satellite".
YpbOG TIL: In 1946 the US Army commissioned a documentary called " Let There be Light " intended to teach the public about PTSD and the treatment of the veterans with the mental disability, the film after it's release was banned in the US until the 1980s.
ZpDpa TIL: USC removed their John Wayne exhibit because of the bigoted remarks he had made during his life.
4XKp6 TIL Following the 2017 Barcelona attacks, the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, has said that anyone shouting "Allāhu akbar" in St Mark's Square will be shot by snipers within a few paces.
R78Nl TIL on September 11th 2001, after both towers fell, the cricket like chirping heard around ground zero each represented the PASS device of a fallen firefighter.