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Til: A Minecraft realm named "The Uncensored Library" catalogues banned journalism worldwide in order to fight government censorship as the game is unbanned worldwide.

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QJgxe TIL in an interview printed in the New York Times in 1969, Vladimir Nabokov said, "I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile -- some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket."
rNL9e TIL In 1980, a worker inside a Titan II nuclear missile silo dropped a wrench that fell 80ft and punctured the fuel tank. The volatile fuel was ignited by an extractor fan, and the nuclear warhead was blown clear, landing 100ft from the base entrance.
wLmvW TIL that Bruce Springsteen stopped a walk out at the We Are The World recording. A few of the rockers felt the song was too pop and singing with non-rockers would hurt their image. They changed their minds when the boss said, "I'm here to save lives and feed people, and I'm staying."
9eLM TIL that a New York woman was hospitalized after a bit of a dentists drill lodged near her eye. The dentist was dancing to “Car Wash” at the time. The patient later sued the dentist for $600k.
eZXg TIL The feeling for “cuteness” and “aggression” are in the same part of the brain, giving us that “so cute I want to punch something” feeling.