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TIL Jay-Z is banned from China due to "constant use of vulgar language in music" according to the former Chinese Culture Ministry.

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D1PPp TIL of the plant Silphium, which was believed to conveniently double up as an aphrodisiac and contraceptive, but is now regrettably extinct
W70w4 TIL Clarence J. Walker was the first African-American collegiate basketball player to appear in a post-season tournament while playing for coach John Wooden at Indiana State University
b9MKa TIL in 2002, an art critic judged Hitlers paintings as "good" without knowing who painted them but said "The different style in which he drew human figures represented a profound disinterest in people"
EYmd TIL broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and cabbage all were created by humans from a single plant, wild kale.
KOXkJ TIL that between 1998 and 2011, ‘Torn’ by Natalie Imbruglia was played well over 300,500 times on Australian radio, averaging out to around 75 plays per day.