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TIL there was an advert in the UK for the food 'faggots'. It was found to have breached the advertising standards code due to the line "I've got nothing against faggots, I just don't fancy them". Facebook also banned many users for using the word on their platform.

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lR47 TIL Professor Patrick Michaud performed an experiment in 1994 showing strawberry Pop-Tarts could produce foot high flames when left in a toaster too long, triggering lawsuits. Pop-Tarts now carry a warning: “Due to possible risk of fire, never leave your toasting appliance or microwave unattended.”
xkrD TIL that more Colombians die every year from American tobacco than Americans die from Colombian cocaine
eKj6 TIL In 1988 Ian Mckellen visited Michael Howard, then Environment Secretary, to lobby against Section 28. Howard refused to change his position but did ask him to leave an autograph for his children. McKellen agreed, but wrote, “Fuck off, I’m gay.”
5a1p TIL in 1851, a runaway slave named Jerry was arrested in Syracuse NY during the anti-slavery Liberty Party’s convention. A crowd of hundreds of abolitionists broke into the city jail and freed Jerry, eventually smuggling him to Canada. Nine participants in the rescue also fled to avoid prosecution.
x61bb TIL That actor Dermot Mulroney had a small part in the Star Wars universe. An accomplished cello player Mulroney played as part of the orchestral score for Rogue One. In addition he has been part of the orchestras for the Mission Impossible and Star Trek films.