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TIL that China bans depictions of time travel in films and TV

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rNOG1 TIL Superstition was originally intended to be released by British guitarist Jeff Beck first, but Berry Gordy convinced Stevie Wonder to bring it out as he knew it would be a huge hit
Lvnm TIL there were four mass extinction events before the one that killed the Dinosaurs. The most severe killed a staggering 97% of all species. All life on Earth today is descended from the 3% that survived.
WkDmL TIL that Lehman Brother before going bankrupt paid its CEO nearly half a billion dollars in total compensation from 1993 to 2007, and fired him in 2008 only after declaring bankruptcy.
9Yoe7 TIL the Yin Yang symbol was first used by the ancient Romans as a shield pattern, 700 years before its appearance in china
YpAOx TIL of Iranian painter Mohamed Sciddel who was commissioned to paint murals in the main church in Uruapan, Michoacán and decided to live the rest of his life in Mexico to promote art in the region after being exiled from Iran following the 1979 revolution