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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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LkVYV TIL that Pete Best released an album titled Best of the Beatles which contained no Beatles songs. The Beatles tried suing him, but lost because he was Pete Best, of the Beatles.
xV8N1 TIL that Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), Ben & Jerry's, Burger King, Trader Joes, 7-11, & American Apparel are no longer based in America.
m1RKx TIL Burlington, Ontario closes a section of King Road for annual migration of the Jefferson salamander.
9Y4p6 TIL Wilson the Cast Away Volleyball was inspired by screenwriter William Broyles, Jr.'s personal research. Broyles stranded himself on a deserted island for a week, and a volleyball washed ashore.
OGXK1 TIL that the human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause penile, anal and mouth/throat cancer in men in addition to cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer in women