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TIL in the 1980s South Africa attempted to block whites from viewing TV based in a nominally independent black homeland.

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PybV TIL of math prodigy George Green, who operated a windmill for 20 years. Almost completely self-taught, he could not attend university until almost 40 years old. Green nonetheless graduated from Cambridge as one of the top math students; Einstein later said that he was 20 years ahead of his time.
GvMg TIL Canadians make a candy called tire d'érable by pouring maple syrup on snow, then rolling it onto sticks.
x9k TIL one reason why The Ten Commandments are on display at so many courthouses in the US is because Cecil B DeMille gave away 4,000 tablets engraved with the scripture to promote the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments.
MeNNK TIL every tomato we eat is a mutant of an ancestor with fruits the size of a pea.
Lk10P TIL Michael Jackson worked with Stephen King to create a short film called ‘Ghosts.’ It set the world record for the longest music video at 40 minutes and centered around Michael Jackson as a rich recluse in a town where the adults try to run him out and he ends up being saved by children.