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TIL in 1992, a California middle school ordered teachers to cover up all "obscene" words in Fahrenheit 451 with black marker before issuing copies to students. The school stopped this practice after local newspapers commented on the irony of defacing a book that condemns censorship.

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4Xmb TIL that Dory’s nosebleed was the first time that blood was animated into an Pixar film.
dDW77 TIL feminine Hygiene products are not taxed in canada
ymEJ TIL that in the 1780s, the Austrian army attacked itself by mistake and lost over 10,000 men
nMXo TIL: that a man has a bottle garden that he has not watered for 40 years, its still alive due to the plant creating a self sustained ecosystem
44BX TIL in Norse mythology, the dwarves created a magical chain to shackle the wolf Fenrir. It was made of: the sound of a cat’s footfall, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, bear’s sinews, fish’s breath and bird’s spittle. It is said that this creation is the reason why none of these exist.