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TIL that the Dixie Chicks are still de facto "banned" from country music radio due to criticizing President Bush back in 2003. Their music is never played on many country stations.

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GYvGN TIL there were two economic recessions called 'The Great Depression' the more famous one being in 1929 and the other one happening 56 years earlier now referred to as 'The Long Depression'
epkBL TIL that Jack Black has been in a band called Tenacious D since 1994
WkLKL Mobile passport will get you through customs and immigration in under 60 seconds.
LQ16P TIL Dr. William Halstead, who is considered the father of modern surgery due to his research in multiple surgical fields such as antisepsis to prevent infection, developed addictions to both cocaine and morphine during his career, due to experimenting with the drugs' numbing abilities on himself
nme7 TIL after the governor of Otrar rejected his trade offers, Genghis Khan had him executed by pouring molten silver in his ears and eyes.