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TIL Martin Scorsese is banned from ever entering China, after making a pro-Dalai Lama movie in 1997

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VMVa8 TIL there's such a thing as Alien Abduction Insurance. It is a policy designed to protect humans from trauma suffered following alien abductions and surprisingly many insurance companies offer it.
KYJGQ TIL that during WWII, women were hired as human computers working in clusters, and the term "kilogirl" was sometimes used to refer to 1,000 hours of female calculation.
mNbY TIL In 1972, Geraldo Rivera exposed one of the worst cases of systematic abuse of the mentally ill in America (Willowbrook)
GAedj TIL that forged carbon fiber composite was the product of a joint research development between both Callaway Golf and Lamborghini.
wKB6 TIL in the 1960s the New York based Anarchist group “Black Mask” disrupted cultural events by handing out made up flyers of art events to the homeless with the lure of free drinks