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TIL that BBC News is available in Pidgin English

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v41R TIL Martin Scorsese is banned from ever entering China, after making a pro-Dalai Lama movie in 1997
QNXea TIL there's a new metabolic surgery that mitigates the effects of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and obesity in patients that is being done in Mexico (Surgery does not cure diabetes but it does control it.)
YpoaP TIL about Tom Garvey, who lived in secret apartment at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium from 1979 to 1981. When the stadium was empty he would roller skate around the concourse, smoke pot in the dugout and have friends over for parties.
PYRoJ TIL a Spanish civil servant didn't show up to work for 6 years, and was only discovered when someone tried to give him an award for long service
wVY7 TIL that the surgical masks people wear in Asia aren’t due to fear of infection, but rather as a courtesy to others if they are feeling sick.