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TIL the film Back to the Future is banned in China because it features time travel

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9Y0v6 TIL US general, Douglas MacArthur, had two of the worst military disasters in American history happen under his command: the largest surrender of US forces (Battle of Bataan, WWII) and the longest retreat of US forces (The retreat back to the 38th parallel during the Korean War)
epjPD TIL UK teenager Olivia Farnsworth has a rare condition known as chromosome 6 deletion, which causes her to not feel hunger, pain, or a sense of danger. She is the only known person in the world who possesses all three of these symptoms together.
x68g7 TIL that in 2012 six Italian geologists were found guilty of manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people. They were sentenced to 6 years in jail, but the ruling was later overturned.
rReO1 TIL Steve Carrell’s reaction to his goodbye song in S7 E21 “Michael’s Last Dundies” was completely genuine and the cast rehearsed the song without him knowing.
Z8g5a TIL That there is such thing as a ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI/UVBI)