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[TIL] The film Schindler’s List was banned in Indonesia because it is a “Film that is sympathetic to the Jewish cause

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M0xV TIL in 1967 the Australian Prime Minister was walking along a beach in Victoria when he plunged into the surf and vanished without a trace.
D11VD TIL about The Charlie Sheen Effect which involved record levels of STD testing after Charlie disclosed his HIV status.
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woErJ TIL Dean Mahomed opened the first Indian restaurant in England, was the first Indian to publish a book in English, and introduced shampoo baths to Europe.