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TIL the film Back to the Future is banned in China because it features time travel

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DpWe TIL Ben Franklin wrote a scientific essay about farts called “Fart Proudly”
OGE1 TIL that in Arabic, Homer Simpson is called “Omar Shamshoon”. His beer is soda,he’s given up bacon and the donut-shaped snacks he gobbles are the traditional Arab cookies called kahk.
OomO7 TIL Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a dirt poor Scottish kid who immigrated to the U.S. where he became the richest man in the world. He gave away $350 million, nearly 90 percent of the fortune he accumulated through the railroad and steel industries.
neDZ9 TIL that Saddam Hussein was forced to watch his cameo in South Park repeatedly while in prison. The creators of the show were given a signed photo of him afterwards
ypmX TIL Antarctica has a emergency phone number: 911. It Calls the nearest island/country that has a Police / Emergency system.