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TIL that Salad Fingers animator David Firth had a satirical cartoon series removed from Newgrounds due to its lack of quality, this cartoon was later commissioned by the BBC for their website

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BnVe TIL that Canaan Banana, the first president of Zimbabwe, passed a law in 1982 outlawing jokes about his name
Mgg7 TIL that during Prohibition, the US government killed over 10,000 citizens when it deliberately poisoned industrial grain alcohols to deter drinking.
lL9a TIL 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations during his term, making it the highest criminal conviction record for any President’s staff or cabinet.
4XdAw TIL that Norman Borlaug, developed new strains of crops which yielded 4x as much food. He is said to have saved the lives of over a billion people, making him one of the most influential men in human history.
Zpp0D TIL That over a 70 year period, an estimated 333,000 children were abused within France's Catholic Church.