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TIL as a result of the episode ‘Band in China’, South Park was banned in China.

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MgZb TIL misphonia is a disorder where people are abnormally annoyed by everyday noises such as chewing, slurping, etc.. Many people develope it by being intimated by someone at their their table at as a child. The sounds heard then triggers anger and sometimes cause rage throughout their life.
YGBx TIL that in 1807 the British Navy put together the West Africa Squadron. Slaver hunters that chased down any slaver ships they could find crossing the Atlantic, and fining them up to £100 per slave on board. Slavers would often throw slaves overboard to avoid paying.
XkXj TIL that the last aurochs, the wild, giant, prehistoric ancestor of today’s cattle, was killed as recently as 1627 in Poland, two years after the founding of New York City.
XE4Bk TIL The most powerful pirate ever was a woman. Ching Shih, a former prostitute, controlled 1,800 pirate ships and 80,000 men.
NXeYN TIL Nutmeg is a hallucinogen because it contains myristicin, a natural compound that has mind-altering effects if ingested in large doses.