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TIL that the British banished the voices of the Sinn Fein from the airwaves. To get around this news stations simply aired footage of the Sinn Fein leaders with actors dubbing their voices.

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x67mD TIL about Daisen Kofun, the tomb of 5th century Japanese emperor Nintoku, and largest tomb in the world by surface area
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