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TIL that 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.

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Eg0Q0 TIL in 2011, a man died as a result of inserting his penis in a bottle. Apparently, this was the first case of death related to penile strangulation ever recorded.
QNlgp TIL that by the late 90s, 80% of digital library catalogs ran on the PICK operating system, named after its developer Dick Pick.
6aMm TIL that Roger Waters believes the song “The Phantom of the Opera” is plagiarized from Pink Floyd’s “Echoes,” but that “life’s too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber.”
R7vnw TIL the Stanley crane is the national bird of South Africa. Unlike most cranes, it has a relatively large and unusually shaped head and a proportionately thin neck giving this bird a highly unique appearance. Also called the blue crane, it is listed as vulnerable and has a very restricted range.
1aLbr TIL President Abraham Lincoln exchanged many letters with Karl Marx, and the two men considered themselves friends. Marx, a journalist at the time, wrote extensively about the Civil War and its significance to the struggle of workers and oppressed people about the world