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TIL that because the number eight in Cantonese means "fortune", or "to prosper", the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 8/8/08 at 8 minutes and 8 seconds past 8 pm local time (UTC+08).

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P114O TIL about disgraced German journalist Claas Relotius, who until 2018 completely fabricated stories about the US to stir up anti-American resentment
LkgPP TIL that during the Vietnam War, an American POW used his blinking to spell out the word 'TORTURE' in Morse code when he was forced to perform in a Vietnamese propaganda film that was to be sent to the U.S.
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