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TIL of Amtor. Edgar Rice Burroughs (author of Tarzan) also wrote a 5-book series set on Venus, which was imagined as a water world. The main character, a human astronaut, meets princesses, becomes a pirate twice in the series, and is crowned a prince after the overthrow of a kingdom.

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b9KXp TIL in 2005, the Smurfs were featured in a UNICEF ad in which their village was bombed by war planes and the Smurfs were shown burned and crushed to death under debris. It only aired after 9 PM to prevent children from seeing it.
mePR TIL of Shiori Ino, a Japanese college student who was murdered by her stalker. Her attempts to seek help from the police were met with rejection, as senior officers feared that having unresolved cases would “hurt their standings.”
vGbr TIL Mattel filed a lawsuit against Aqua’s record claiming that their hit song “Barbie Girl” damaged their Barbie brand. After finding MCA Records not guilty, the Judge concluded his opinion by writing “The parties are advised to chill.”
xVmRw TIL that giraffes have dark tongues to prevent them from suffering from sunburn.
oBoE8 TIL that the reason moles always look so clean, even though they live in the dirt, is because their hair swivels to lay in any direction.