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TIL That Taylor Swift’s merchandise was banned in China for saying “T.S. 1989” because the government was afraid that people would associate it with the Tienanmen Square massacre that occurred in 1989. However, it was then unbanned because the government didn’t want people questioning it.

P19bO TIL that farts travel at 10 ft/s (or 6.8 mph/3 km per hour), and a scientist who studies farts is called a flatologist
4V0X TIL Half the cast of Firefly served as voice actors on Halo 3: ODST
OGQKa TIL Forest Whitaker has an identical twin brother who also happens to an actor!
o0LW TIL 18 to 35 percent of people sneeze because of bright light and no one knows why.
R7BQw TIL That Jokes About Violas Have Been Around For A Couple Hundred Years