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TIL Argentina forbade teacing Venn Diagrams in schools as the concepts of intersection and collaboration were considered subversive

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MeNeB TIL about the "Dumbest Member of Congress" William L. Scott, US Senator from Virginia who being briefed by members of the military about missile silos in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, reportedly said "Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff."
gr1v9 TIL Silicon & Synapse, Inc was founded on February 8, 1991, but changed their name to Chaos Studios, Inc. in 1993 because of confusion with breast implants. The company changed the name again in 1994 because of Chaos Technologies and they became Blizzard Entertainment because it passed a name check.
lojNN TIL There is a Canadian TV anchor who translates all the English news into Inuktitut live on air. Igalaaq is the only Inuktitut supper hour TV program in the whole country where unilingual Inuktitut speakers have this one chance, for 30 minutes, to see someone speaking their language
ZpwDG TIL the U.S state of Rhode Island changed its name in 2020, and was the first state to ever do so
edWE TIL there was a record called “Three Minutes of Silence” which was placed in juke boxes. Customers would pay for relief from the music.