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TIL For 1 day in February 2018, China's internet censors banned the letter 'N'

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6j0W TIL California still has a large oil industry right in major cities like LA, but disguises the sites to look like office buildings.
Mep87 TIL that Japanese emoji put more emphasis on the eyes whereas western emoji put more emphasis on the mouth
KOQGB TIL, China is responsible for the majority of plastic waste in the ocean, the Yangtze alone dumps 1.5 million metric tons into the Yellow Sea per year.
DQBeV TIL that our brains and faces aren't centred
pEwG TIL an estimated 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the US Civil War, including one whose cover was blown when she absentmindedly tried to put her pants on over her head, thinking they were her dress