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TIL North Korea had a propaganda YouTube video taken down for using copyrighted Call of Duty footage.

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Z85bY TIL that wrestling commentator Jim Ross discovered that wrestler Owen Hart had died from a fall, only ten seconds before he had to notify viewers on television
ANGWd TIL after fame as the author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and infamy due to his relationship with his step-sister, Lord Byron got historic fame in streets and carved on the Temple of Poseidon by dying in Greece as he predicted after giving £4,000 (0.5M in 2024) for Greek independence from Ottomans
9Y9X6 TIL the Canadian Medical Association voted in support of a ban of Mixed Martial Arts in Canada. They argued from a physician responsibility standpoint they could not overlook activities which cause injury and trauma to Canadians. They had previously come out against Boxing for similar reasons.
e0Zb5 TIL: Play-Doh before it was known as Play-Doh, was actually used as cleaner for walls and wallpaper when coal was used to heat homes. After WWII coal was phased out by natural gas to heat homes. Near bankruptcy, the company pivoted to become one of the most successful toy companies in the world.
DQvep TIL of "The Year 2440", an 18th century novel considered one of the first sci-fi novels and the first one set in the distant future. It became one of the most popular and most controversial books of its era, it was banned in many countries and the spanish king personally burned its copies