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TIL that China banned Back to the Future for "time travel."

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J8ej TIL that you can tell the difference between a fossilized bone and a regular rock by licking them. Your tongue will stick to the fossil, because the tiny pores that were in the bone will suck away moisture.
YJ7d TIL that in 2008, Harvard created their own version of the classic Food Pyramid that more accurately reflected dietary science.
j6XwN TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
VM00p TIL of the "Tetris Effect" which occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams.
QJOke TIL about Otávio Jordão da Silva, a 20 year old Brazilian soccer/football referee who was stoned, beheaded, and quartered by spectators after he stabbed a player who punched him for making a controversial call. His head was put on a stake in the field.