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TIL Borat's first movie was banned in Kazakhstan but when the second was released they made a tourism campaign around "Very Nice!"

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VGKD TIL that US President James Buchanan never married. As a result his niece served as First Lady during his presidency.
O997 TIL that MIT students can get a course credit for surfing Reddit - while doing research and analysis on the site and its community.
KMAE TIL A Study found that Chocolate Milk performs better than Energy Drinks
neQEd TIL, Jürgen Hinzpeter was the the only journalist to film massacres during the government supression of the democratic uprising in the South Korean city of Gwangju in 1980. His footage was delivered to Germany and broadcast worldwide. In 2000s, he was honored by South Korea for his efforts.
WkeLB TIL Seven’s a lucky number if you need to restart the whole internet. Only seven people from the ICANN can restore it in case of a catastrophe. The DNSSEC root key holders would be summoned to a base in the United States to oversee a reboot of the system, using their keys to enable it.