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TIL that during the Tiananmen Square Massacre the streets were actually cleared by 6 AM on June 4th instead of the protests actually beginning on that date.

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9w8kD TIL a large number of the people we see fired in the film 'Up in the Air' (2009) are not actors, but real people who were recently laid off. They were instructed to respond as they did when they were laid off, or use the opportunity to say what they wished they had.
R5Nrl TIL the US won the gold, silver, and bronze medals in tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
ooAR TIL a study has shown that both sexes are attracted to people who are nonconformist.
E1lLX TIL that polygamy doesn’t mean one man with multiple females. The correct term for that is polygyny. Polyamory (promiscuity) is a male or female with multiple males and/or females. Polyandry is one female with multiple males and is exceedingly rare because it usually seems to devolve into monogamy.
mxrap TIL there is a french version of ravioli which explains why ravioli is offered in french cuisine restaurants despite being a pasta.