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TIL that Morgan Freeman has renewed his campaign against black history month and argues that it is “ridiculous” for “propagating its own brand of racism”

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Lg90 TIL After Soviet authorities released The Grapes of Wrath as propaganda against the injustices of American capitalism, they were forced to backtrack and ban the film as audiences were instead impressed with how even poor rural American farmers owned cars
5Ymg8 TIL the last album released on 8-track format was Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits in 1988
jNpYE TIL The Nazis staged an exhibition of "Degenerate Art" in 1937 to “educate” the public on the “art of decay.”
Oorw6 TIL about Basil "The Owl" Banghart, a criminal who escaped federal custody by pretending to be a federal agent who was overpowered by his prisoner, Basil Banghart.
rrN1 TIL that there are more dedicated electric car charging stations in Japan than there are gas stations.