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TIL North Korean TV once aired a show called "Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle" that discouraged long hair, claiming it reduced intelligence.

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peBO TIL Samurai in Japan were allowed to execute civilians who paid them disrespect.
8ZvX TIL actor J.K. Simmons is the voice of the yellow M&M and has been for over 20 years.
NENb TIL a man built a restaurant in Northern Iraq called MaDonal’s after McDonald’s turned denied his request. The restaurant serves items such as “Big Macks,” and serves free food to U.S. forces, and thus has been threatened by suicide bombers, turning the man into a local celebrity.
0wrbj TIL rice does not need to grow underwater — paddies are flooded to control weeds — Today a System of Rice Intensification is practised in 20 countries that has greater yields, using 30-60% less water.
REeQ TIL after razing an Italian village and killing over 500 of its inhabitants including 130 children, German SS troops sat outside the burning village and ate lunch.