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TIL that the film V for Vendetta aired completely uncensored on China's national television in 2012. When asked, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television said it was not aware of a ban on the anarchist film

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kJ5y7 TIL that the Arctic Monkeys' song "I Wanna Be Yours" is based on the poem of the same name by John Cooper Clarke, which was originally published in 1982 on his album Zip Style Method. The song appears on the Arctic Monkeys' 2013 album AM.
6ZwQ TIL American workers burnout faster than workers in any other country
7reWx TIL that Billy Joel never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random people in the cheap seats so that front row isn't always just wealthy people.
RJr9 TIL that close to 50 million people died at the hands of Japanese aggression between 1931 and 1945 in the Asian Holocaust during the Asia Pacific War
D4mJ TIL: When “Lose Yourself” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, not only was Eminem not there to accept the award, he was asleep during the ceremony because he believed he would not win.