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TIL that there are four spin-off shows of the Chinese singing reality show Call Me by Fire, which was a spin-off of Sisters Who Make Waves.

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xV9m5 TIL famous chemist and lifelong bachelor Robert Bunsen once proposed to a girl who said yes, but he then lost himself in his work for a few weeks. When he finally emerged from his lab, he couldn't remember if he ever proposed or not, so he did it again, only to have her turn him down.
8eXdb TIL couples in India are likely to spend one fifth of their total lifetime earnings on their wedding
wLpZP TIL about Agloe, New York, a fake village created by mapmakers as a "copyright trap" to catch plagiarists
b9Roj TIL that the taxonomic name for the endangered western lowland gorilla is Gorilla gorilla gorilla
rNnmo TIL about Margaret Moth, born in New Zealand in 1951, transformed herself into the woman she wanted to be. She cast off the blond cherubic sweetness of her childhood, adopted an all-black look …