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TIL Chinese goverment banned Taylor Swift's merchandise during her 1989 tour, because the reference to that year conjured images of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. Also, Swift's initials. T. S., printed on some of her merch, happen to be initials for Tiananmen Square

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