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TIL that the International Olympic Committee is in cahoots with WADA to hide Chinese doping scandals

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566D TIL a 17 foot statue of Vladimir Lenin has been removed from a rooftop in NYC’s East Village, where it stood for 20 years. The statue had been positioned to face Wall Street, the emblem of capitalism.
VMjkQ TIL that in Germany they have installed these "Stolpersteins" (stumbling blocks), that have the biographical information of the victims of the Nazis. Their intent is to remind people of the victims of their Nazi past in a manner that does not glorify those events.
d8orj TIL - When sharks attack humans, they do not mistake us for seals, or other food sources. Sharks have acute senses which includes good hearing, sharp vision, minute changes in water pressure and detection of bioelectrical fields. They are curious, they bite us to see if we are a good food source.
jrNa TIL that a man on the internet convinced a large number of people he was a time traveler
xea7 TIL Have Your Child Read to a Dog: Scientifically, It Will Improve Their Reading Fluency