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TIL that the United States is on par with Russia and China in terms of internet surveillance,censorship, and restrictions according to Reporters Without Borders

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x5x0 TIL that an analysis of Justin Bieber’s Twitter followers found that around 50 percent of them are probably fake. The criteria for determining if an account was fake included whether it was used to tweet phrases such as “diet,” “make money” and “work from home.”
78GKr TIL about Arnulf Fuhrmann, who planned to make Uruguay and Argentina Nazi colonies but failed
groYb TIL that behind Mount Rushmore, there is a room that was intended to house America’s most important documents and give info about the carving of Mount Rushmore. However, construction on it was stopped when the government ordered the sculptor to focus on carving out the president’s faces.
0kXj TIL China has banned the show Doctor Who because it encourages people to imagine alternative realities and this could cause people to imagine a world without the oppressive state government.
7rabO TIL that some rainbows have only one color and it is called a "Monochrome rainbow".