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TIL Robin Hood was called to be removed from Indiana textbooks for being communist

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RVR6 TIL When Issac Hayes terminated his contract with South Park claiming the show was intolerant, after the Scientology episode, creator Matt Stone stated “He never had a problem when we offended other religions till it was his own.”
4XWj5 TIL The first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon (Apollo 11) had an on board guidance computer with only 4kB of RAM (32,768 bits) and 72kB (589,824 bits) of ROM.
WLbX TIL there is a secret shoe boutique in Boston that is accessible only through a Snapple machine in the back of a convenience store. They spent $0 on marketing and are one of the best shoe boutiques in the world.
YR47 TIL that the symbol @ possibly has its origins in the 6th century AD when monks adopted it as an abbreviation of the word “ad” - Latin for “at”.
O0e1 TIL In Bhutan marijuana grows wild and is more common than regular grass. However, virtually no one smokes it. Instead it is the number one source of feed for pigs.