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TIL that long before Bruce Lee became known for martial arts, he’d already made his mark in completely different fields – appearing in Hong Kong films as a child, winning his school’s 1958 boxing title, and that same year taking first place in Hong Kong’s Crown Colony Cha-Cha dancing competition.

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TIL that long before Bruce Lee became known for martial arts, he’d already made his mark in completely different fields – appearing in Hong Kong films as a child, winning his school’s 1958 boxing title, and that same year taking first place in Hong Kong’s Crown Colony Cha-Cha dancing competition.

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TIL that Sweden once had a real-life Shakespearean Christmas tragedy: King Birger invited his two brothers, who shared the kingdom with him, to a Christmas banquet and, after much drinking, had them locked in a dungeon to die so he could rule alone. He was overthrown in the rebellion that followed.

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TIL about Wang Mang, a Confucian scholar from the 1st-century who overthrew the Han Dynasty in a coup and declared himself Emperor of China. He abolished slavery and nationalized all land, attempting to redistribute it equally to peasants. His reforms caused a civil war and he was beheaded

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TIL in 1890 Anna Lea Merritt painted “Love Locked Out” to mourn her husband who died 3 months after their wedding. She said: “I feared people saw forbidden love, while my Love waited for the door of death to open and reunite us.” First painting by a woman in Britain’s national collection.

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