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TIL Jackie Chan is a trained opera singer and has released 20 albums

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NX8R8 TIL that Chinese businessman Zhang Biqing spent six years building a $130,000 artificial mountain villa on the roof of a Beijing high-rise apartment building. In 2013, following numerous complaints from neighbors, the Chinese government ordered Biqing to dismantle the two-story villa within 15 days.
awMvJ TIL that Chinese farmer studied law for 16 Years to sue and defeat chemical corporation that polluted his land.
WkQA4 TIL in 1946, a man claiming to be a detective gave a pedestrian a camera and asked her to take a picture of a suspect. The "detective" turned out to be a gangster, the "suspect" turned out to be his ex-wife, and the "camera" turned out to be a concealed shotgun firing via the shutter button.
rRrg1 TIL: In April, Dr. Ch@os, the man responsible for the causing power outages, taking down air traffic towers, and storing cyanide will no longer have his internet use monitored. He has promised to not commit crime again.
WEl4 TIL NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building is so huge it needs 10,000 tons of AC equipment to prevent rain clouds from forming inside on humid days.