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TIL Football Manager 2005 was banned in China for recognizing Tibet as an independent country

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6EkOQ TIL building codes in South Florida require exterior doors to swing outwards because it offers better protection against hurricanes. It was enacted after Hurricane Andrew.
7rNpr TIL the Harlem Globetrotters visited Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in November 2000 and named the Pontiff an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.
rN4KM TIL there have been at least 600 polar bears that have made the swim/ice drift to Iceland since the settlement of the island.
N7aBb TIL that the producer behind the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC was convicted of running one of the largest and longest Ponzi schemes in history
78mjZ TIL Laurence Olivier hit Maggie Smith in the face so hard she was knocked unconscious during a 1964 production of Othello.