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TIL that during the Civil Rights Movement, Louis Armstrong "blew his top" in an interview about the segregationist governor of Arkansas, referring to him as a "motherfucker" and singing an F-bomb-laced rendition of the national anthem.

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WkbE8 TIL In 1920, Poland, which regained its indepdence two years earlier, basically stopped the outbreak of a new world war by itself, which was started by the Bolshevik Russia who wanted to introduce communism in Western Europe by force.
9AYM TIL that in 1970, there were half as many people in the world as there are now
78ok7 TIL of Pájaro Verde, a toxic moonshine beverage concocted in Chilean prisons with the ingredients consisting of sugar, rice, rotted fruits and also includes things such as turpentine, paint thinners and paint. There have been cases of prisoners mixing their feces in it to aid in fermentation.
D1yyp TIL that over 4000 years ago the first ever customer complaint was recorded in Sumerian, regarding poor quality ore.
D10mP TIL that Tim Burton did not direct or write 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas', asides from creating a poem that became the premise of the movie and working with Danny Elfman on several songs.