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TIL Tolstoy thought Shakespeare's work was tedious and repulsive. Tolkein, T.S. Elliot, D.H. Lawrence, and Voltaire also had negative things to say about the revered writer

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DEve TIL that when the UK declared war on Japan after being attacked in 1941, Winston Churchill notified the Japanese government with a politely written letter. He said later, “Some people did not like this ceremonial style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.”
KYyDB TIL Due to Chinese cultural beliefs about mental illness and intellectual disability, Chinese people may consider an autistic child as a 'bad seed' and a disgrace to their family. Parents may deny that their child is autistic or keep the autistic child as a family secret
6EGV7 TIL Medals from 2016 Rio Olympic Games are defective and show rusting, chipping
RRW9 TIL China has executed at least 14 Billionaires in 8 years between 2003 and 2011.
k8g4 TIL that the Japanese translate “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” as “Monty Python and the Holy Sake Cup” and that the Knights Who Say Ni in the Japanese version wanted a bonsai tree instead of a shrubbery.