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TIL that Monty Python’s Life of Brian was marketed in Sweden as “so funny it was banned in Norway.”

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e0ZvD TIL that India and Pakistan used to be a single country during the British rule, and their partition led to upto 2 million Hindu and Muslim deaths, and migration of 14 million people.
r81o TIL The 300 Club is the name given to people who have experienced an instantaneous 166 degree Celsius (300 °F) drop in temperature, in Antartica when the temps reach -73C / -100F
KYO1J TIL the first reality show was 1973’s An American Family documenting the life of a family, but ended up breaking it up – 10 million people watched as mom Pat complained about husband Bill’s cheating, moaned about their sex life and then, midway through filming, asked him for a divorce on camera.
WA1N TIL a 68 year old grandma chopped up and ate 14 people
EPMd TIL that the US could save $300-$600 million per year by switching to $1 coin instead of paper