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

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BrXwk TIL of the Silver Snoopy Award—a highly coveted pin awarded to employees of NASA that go above and beyond “to ensure flight safety and mission success.” The award is presented to the employee by an astronaut and no more than 1% of eligible recipients receive the award.
9aLD TIL Stephen Colbert exists in the Marvel Universe. After departing from a campaign event, he saw Spider-Man battling Grizzly. He tried to help by pushing a statue off the building. It hit Grizzly on the head, Spider-Man thanked him for his help and gave him a ride home.
mxVMp TIL Werner Herzog once promised fellow documentary maker Errol Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris ever finished his movie on pet cemeteries, because he found Morris to be incapable of ever finishing his projects. In 1978 Morris finished his film, and Herzog publicly cooked and ate his shoe.
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