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TIL the U.S banned books and films about Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in Japan as well as all satirical cartoons of General MacArthur.

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MXym TIL the German equivalent of the FBI considers Scientology a potential threat, alongside Islamism and right- and left-wing extremism.
kpWB TIL in 2012 the NYPD declared a couple to be “professional agitators” because they filmed videos of police conducting stop-and-frisks and uploaded them to YouTube. Cops posted their mugshots in a stationhouse and warned officers to be on guard against them.
lEmA TIL Congress added the “Under God” phrase to the Pledge of Allegiance during the Cold War. This symbolized the resistance to communists, who were atheists.
nel0W TIL: Jack Daniel, famous whiskey distiller, died due to complications from gangrene after kicking his safe when he couldn’t remember the combination.
GaD7 TIL that the Soviet Union cancelled history exams in 1988 because increased government transparency had revealed that the textbooks were filled with lies