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TIL: In China, it’s illegal to use a wordplay or a pun in advertising or on television.

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0wZQ5 TIL that F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) is the great-grand nephew of Francis Scott Key (Star Spangled Banner). He was also named after him.
naRW TIL that the non-profit Blue Cross paid its CEO 12.9 Million dollars in 2011
P1QEw TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.
oBreY TIL Starbucks uses round tables because research shows they are more welcoming than those with square edges and people look less alone while seated at a round table.
OVda TIL Donald Rumsfeld reported 2 Trillion dollars were missing from the federal defense budget on 9/10/2001. ($8000 for every american citizen) The next day the pentagon accounting office was incinerated, and many people researching the missing money were killed.