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TIL Reporters Without Borders created a Minecraft server that hosts hundreds of censored articles from around the world for the entire world, even the most oppressed countries, to view

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8ebO8 TIL: St Patrick was English, and the "snakes" he drove out were likely Irish pagans, making St Patrick's Day a celebration of the English invading the Irish.
N7YoP TIL in 2014 Christianmingle.com sponsored a movie starring Lacey Chabert that Vince Mancini of Uproxx called "An unintentional parody of whiteness"
nwRr TIL Nike’s slogan ‘Just do it’ was inspired by Gary Gilmore’s last words before he was excecuted for double homicide
d8meE TIL in 2012, a civilian working on the submarine USS Miami wanted to get off work early so he started a fire that soon spread out of control and ultimately resulted in the boat being decommissioned. He was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.
e8xJ TIL that Bill Hader worked at a movie theater in college and was fired for telling rude customers how “Titanic” ended