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TIL that Mainland Chinese men would roll up their shirts during summer and expose their bellies to the world, resulting in what's called a "Beijing Bikini"

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N7A8E TIL the Shag Rocks were charted by William Scoresby in 1927. They are inhabited mainly by South Georgia shags, a subspecies of the imperial shag.
8aRaK TIL that Star Wars was one of the first films selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in 1989, but it has yet to receive an archival print of the original film. George Lucas tried to submit a "Special Edition" print in 1997, but it was rejected due to its alterations of the 1977 print.
xVQO0 TIL about a restaurant which gives complementary reptiles with food.
ZpeWv TIL while practicing for the '92 Olympics, the Dream Team lost (62-54) to an assembled squad of the best NCAA players. Head Coach Chuck Daly had limited Jordan's playing time & also made other non-optimal substitions in order to "throw the game" to teach the NBA players that they were not unbeatable
gp7 TIL Mark Wahlberg had a cocaine addiction at the age of 13 and was convicted of attempted murder at the age of 16.