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TIL The Simpsons Movie Is Banned In Burma Necause The Characters Are “Too Yellow”

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p8LyA TIL Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović are the only two players to have ever scored in every possible minute of a football match.
MYMV TIL Beer steins historically have lids to keep bubonic plague-causing flies out of the consumer’s beer
OGBZR TIL about Francis Henning, who made upwards of half a million counterfeit nickels. Called: Henning Nickels, many were later recovered, melted down, and made into actual nickels by the US Mint. Despite remaining illegal to own, they are a numismatic collector's item, some being relatively valuable.
9YyOG TIL that, during the 2017 London Bridge Terror Attack, a man fought all three attackers with his fists shouting "Fuck you, I'm Millwall". He was stabbed eight times and survived.