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TIL Stan Lee worked with Dr Seuss

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R6wa Today I learned that in 1970 Mississippi banned Sesame Street because it’s integrated cast was too controversial at the time
EgJmd TIL that North Korea exports human hair to skirt the impacts of sanctions
JYYyB TIL that since, conveniently, the landing area for ski jumping happens to be around the same dimensions as a football pitch, local officials developing stadiums for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea built a stadium that can be used for both
egwD TIL that the phrase “writing on the wall” comes from a story in the Bible where a disembodied hand warns of the end of a kings reign.
MA9b TIL A man in 1938 agreed to have himself monitored on a electrocardiogram as he was executed to see the effects on his heart.