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Jun 03, 2020

TIL that A Chinese businessman hired a hitman to take out a competitor for $282,800. That hitman hired another hitman (offering $141,000). That man hired another hitman, who hired another hitman, who hired another hitman. The fifth hitman simply asked the man to fake his death.

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Apr 07, 2020

TIL the streets of Hong Kong are littered with abandoned cars including highly sought after classic and JDM cars (Skylines/NSXs/Supras/Lotus) due to strict annual car inspections resulting in mandatory repairs. Parking can cost as much as rent so often they just buy new cars and abandon the old one.

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Dec 01, 2019

TIL China blocked searches for "big yellow duck" because activists photoshopped Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck sculpture into the Tank Man photo

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Aug 19, 2019

TIL Prior to the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, UK officials considered building a new city in Northern Ireland, and resettling the entire population of Hong Kong on the Magilligan Peninsula near Coleraine

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