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TIL that in 2014 China banned the use of puns and wordplay for comic effect because they cause 'cultural and linguistic chaos'

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b6BWp TIL: Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's bones used in Brazil forensic medicine courses
YeBd TIL sticks of butter in the U.S. are shaped and packaged differently based on whether they will be sold east or west of the Rocky Mountains because of historical differences in “butter printers.”
P10EZ TIL about Victoria Woodhull, the first female presidential candidate in U.S. history, who was a suffragist, women's rights advocate, entrepreneur, and political activist. Her campaign encountered obstacles due to her age and imprisonment on obscenity charges just before the election.
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