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TIL that the Jimmy Stewart movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) was banned in the USSR and Axis nations for being pro-democracy; while federal legislators in the U.S. called for its ban claiming it was pro-communist.

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VxLZ TIL The sculptor of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Gutzon Borglum, planned to make a secret room behind the hairline of Abraham Lincoln which was supposed to be a doorway to a chamber originally intended to hold some of America’s most treasured documents but was left unfinished due to his death.
R7m69 TIL that the song "Freaking Out the Neighborhood" by Mac Demarco is an apology to his mother for putting drumsticks up his ass
GEkJ TIL Charlie Chaplin’s daughter played Charlie Chaplin’s mother in the 1992 biopic “Chaplin.”
gMQJA TIL CDs actually made good money in the old days (this is interesting/shocking as a millennial)
YpmaA TIL Entomophagy refers to insect-eating. Roughly 2 billion people (over 25% of the world's population) regularly eat insects as part of their diet. Despite being inexpensive, eco-friendly, and high in protein, the West is the only region where insects are not eaten.