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TIL that 1984 by George Orwell was banned in the USSR for being Anti-Communist, but also banned in the USA for being Pro-Communist.

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LQxMV Today I learned that the lyrics of "baby owl" are actually the lyrics of "baby i'll rule"
DZ4D TIL that Namibia auctioned off the rights to kill a rare black rhino for $350,000; the rhino was too old to breed and could’ve endangered other members of the herd.
jNv8R TIL that in 1996 a physicist submitted a paper full of word salad and gibberish to a postmodernist journal and it actually passed peer review and was published. This is known as the Sokal Affair.
kE1W TIL that the Swedish aircraft “The Viggen” is the only aircraft to get an acknowledged radar lock on the SR-71 “Stealth” plane
MeW6a TIL 12 states still have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.