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TIL The Chinese Government has censored the word ‘Censorship’

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gMEwA TIL The younger generations in Norway have coined the term “fredagstaco” to describe the cultural phenomenon of starting the weekend off with a serving—or two—of tacos. The taco is by far the most popular dinner on Friday in Norway—even surpassing the infamous frozen Grandiosa pizza.
1avrW TIL About Adolf Wölfli, a psychotic mental patient who spontaneously took up drawing to calm himself. His work included a monumental and epic illustrated book of 45 volumes, 25,000 pages, 1,600 illustrations, and 1,500 collages in which he narrated his own imaginary life story.
E1KBw TIL that the Fallout series is considered a spiritual successor to a 1988 game Interplay made called Wasteland.
X0pgX TIL That Terry Pratchett changed German publishers because Heyne inserted a soup advert into the text of one of his novels and wouldn't promise not to do it again.
KgPQ TIL in 2004 a man was found naked and beaten behind a Burger King. With dissociative amnesia, and despite multiple attempts including DNA, scientists have yet to determine the identity of this man who calls himself Benjaman Kyle.