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TIL - 'Jeopardy' players aren't allowed to make wagers referencing sex, Nazis, or Satan

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nWeB9 TIL that Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech reached 69 as a single on Billboard's Hot 100 chart
8aXaX TIL scientists in China found a way to use genetically modified and infertile male mosquitos to wipe out large populations of mosquitos, pave the way of a mosquito-free future for us ????
1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.
1ajed TIL william lever, founder of sunlight soap which later became Unilever, collaborated with belgian congo and used forced labor.
Y7VWW TIL that in 1993, the World Wrestling Federation released "WrestleMania: The Album". Simon Cowell (the exec producer) conceived the project after learning that the WWF wrestlers had sold out Wembley Stadium in 27 minutes.