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TIL the leadership of the Communist Party of China are mostly professional engineers, thus China is in fact a Technocracy.

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789bL TIL That The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is Banned From Air Transportation in The United States
JY7rQ TIL that, during the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, up to 1,460 eggs were served to the cast and crew each morning for breakfast.
8a1DV TIL of Gourmand syndrome, a rare eating disorder caused by brain damage in the frontal lobe. The only symptom is a sudden obsessive passion for gourmet food and fine dining
6ERGl TIL that the egg came first
J17Am TIL in Beijing 2012, a Ferrari crashed during sex-orgy between a naked driver and 2 women. Driver (who died) was son of Ling Jihua, Chief-of-Staff serving then Chinese President Hu Jintao. Ling reportedly denied body was his son when visiting morgue. He was eventualy sentenced to life for corruption