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TIL that The Simpsons Movie was banned in Myanmar because the ruling junta had prohibited the colours red and yellow from appearing in any imported films. The colours were associated with the flag of the National League for Democracy, a rebel group pushing for democracy.

Oo4B6 TIL that the Decretum by Burchard of Worms, (c. 950 –1025), recommends two years of penance on fast days for medieval women who have put live fish in their vaginas until the fish dies, then cooking it and feeding it to the object of their affection as a love spell.
dDkZ9 TIL the founder of TGI Fridays opened the first location in Manhattan in 1965 because he was single and wanted to create a place to meet women, especially airline stewardesses and fashion models. TGI Fridays was also one of the first to use promotions such as ladies' night
LkBoP TIL that tens to hundreds of thousands of animals are being slaughtered in Gadhimai festival, known as world's largest animal sacrifice ritual, in Nepal despite ban from the authorities and protests from animal right activists. The scale of the slaughter, however, has decreased sharply over time.
RrO7 TIL that during WWI, at one point skirmishing Russian and German forces had to declare a temporary truce to fight off a sudden onslaught of wolves that were making regular raids on trenches. The joint operation was successful.
4knkw TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood that detects pathogens, and they're being hunted for it to extinction!