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TIL that after being banned from advertising in Formula 1, tobacco companies have found a loophole allowing them to sidestep bans by establishing social responsibility groups with insanely vague mission statements and no purpose. They remain major sponsors of teams in 2020.

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dDX5r TIL That Taylor Swift’s merchandise was banned in China for saying “T.S. 1989” because the government was afraid that people would associate it with the Tienanmen Square massacre that occurred in 1989. However, it was then unbanned because the government didn’t want people questioning it.
awQO0 TIL that despite decades of research scientists still don't know how baby eels are made
oDGA TIL: That the voice of male UK Siri, Jon Briggs, did not know he was the voice of Siri until he recognized his own voice on a iPhone 4s commercial.
wokl1 TIL The Inquisition never actually ended, is still ongoing, and is now known as "The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith"
1ykO TIL that from a century after the Norman invasion of England in 1066, social status there is more inheritable than height: “English people whose ancestors were elite in the 1100s are still likely part of the upper crust today”