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TIL the Nigerian government has removed history from the secondary school curriculum as a result of the Nigerian civil war (the biafran war) being too controversial, where the Nigerian government blockaded and starved 3 million people to death.

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jNE7p TIL the financiers of The Human Centipede did not know about the mouth-to-anus aspect of the film until after it was complete
9YjMr TIL Time Team was the biggest funder of archaeological digs in the United Kingdom. The TV show also produced more research papers than any other archaeology group or university in the country. The show is credited for increasing the number of people interested in archaeology.
j6eDM TIL about cross sea waves - square waves, also known as square seas. They are formed when the winds of two weather systems - one old and one new - meet. The result looks like a quilt-like pattern of squares on the surface of the sea. Cross seas usually occur along coastal areas and are rare.
djd9 TIL a pair of tortoises have been further into space than any human being. They went around the Moon in Zond 5, before returning to Earth. Both tortoises survived.
G9oG TIL there’s an episode of Arthur that teaches censorship on television. For the entirety of the episode the children learn and use curse words toward one another!