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TIL Wikitravel specifically warns visitors to Kazakhstan not to mention Borat.

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Abpa TIL that form 1969 to 1977, Ford Motor Company produced the Pinto with full knowledge of a design flaw that frequently caused the fuel tank to catch fire during rear collisions, which would have cost $11 per vehicle to fix. The tag line in radio ads was, “Pinto leaves you with that warm feeling.”
65dZ TIL that on July 2, 2013 the United States repealed a law that prohibited the government from paying to distribute propaganda.
5Y4y8 TIL The main shareholder in the firm that owns the Carrara quarries in Italy is the bin Laden family, which means the marble used in the Freedom Tower is quarried by the family of Osama bin-Laden, who engineered the destruction of the Twin Towers that previously stood on the same site on 9/11.
nWpQ9 TIL about Saparmurat Niyazov, ex-dictator of Turkmenistan. He exiled dogs from the capital, banned wearing makeup on TV or founded holiday for melons. Lipsyncing? Also banned.
16WaW TIL: Facial Tattoos are legal in every US state except South Carolina