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TIL there is a public Minecraft server dedicated to sharing censored press from countries that may block or skew their media.

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YwQx TIL In Japan, some watermelons are grown into cubes for storing efficiency. This practise was invented by graphic designer Tomoyuki Ono in 1978.
vP5Kx TIL the first name of the composer of the title music for the sitcom "ALF" is Alf.
16xNW TIL that Sting and Stewart Copeland physically came to blows during the recording of Every Breath You Take
Z8Rya TIL that the first female leader was Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.” Her rule was peaceful and she was able to launch a building program that would see the construction of a great temple at Luxor.
BrvMD TIL the reason that Christmas is celebrated on the 25th December is that Pope Julius I adopted that day as Christ's birthday to appropriate the existing pagan celebration of Sol Invictus that was already celebrated on that day.