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TIL John Oliver has full creative freedom over his show, including free rein to criticise corporations, due to HBO’s ad-free subscription model.

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ADQlw TIL that Salvator Dali once gave Alice Cooper a plaster sculpture of his brain, crowned by a chocolate eclair with real ants running down the middle. He asked Cooper to model for him. Which he did, under armed guard, since he was wearing a diamond tiara provided by Dali worth $2 million.
Lky0Q TIL The world record for keeping the original 1996/1997 Tamagotchi alive is Age 89 days.
v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
PYPmg TIL Dr Joseph Goldberger proved in 1915 that pellagra was caused by poor diet in the South. Southern leaders refused to heed the advice of a northern Jewish doc and pellagra wasn't eradicated until 1945 when federal law required flour be fortified with thiamine, niacin, and iron
ZGYY TIL There is a fungus, which when smelled, is capable or producing spontaneous orgasms in females.