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TIL in 2009, 'Do You Realize' by The Flaming Lips was named Oklahoma's official Rock Song, the band was later accused of Communist sympathy, and the song later removed, then reinstated by Executive Order, and then removed again in 2013.

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N798P TIL of Clement Vallandigham, the congressman who accidentally shot himself in court while trying to demonstrate that the death of a man was accidental suicide, rather than murder. (He won the case, but also died.)
loW6K TIL that there are now giant pigs that are as heavy as polar bears. There is a very big pig that weighs 1102lbs (500kg), as much as a polar bear. The animal is part of a herd that is being bred to become giant swine. At slaughter, some of the pigs can sell for more than US$1,399.
OZEY TIL The pilot episode of LOST was so expensive (~$14million) that the network president was fired for greenlighting it.
7BNp TIL in China you can pay someone to take your place during court trials and in jail, this is known as “Ding zui” and the Chinese govt censors information about it online
8YG4 TIL that a man once robbed two banks with lemon juice on his face, thinking that lemon juice’s “invisible ink” property would erase his face from security camera footage.