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TIL there is a proposed HTTP status code 451 indicating censorship, referencing Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 novel

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BgwgL TIL that scientists gave a bunch of coked up monkeys amphetamines to see if they would stop ‘choosing’ cocaine
l7GnV TIL Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the U.S Federal Government after being convicted for her alleged involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
v1NNL TIL Tiffany & Co, a luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, started out as a stationery and fancy goods store
xVnp1 TIL the Swastika represents 'Good Luck' and 'Well-being' and was even used in Western Culture before WW2
W7ymY TIL the tiny French archipelago of Saint Pierre et Miquelon became a massive bootlegging centre for whiskey and wine during the U.S Prohibition, after Canada moved to curtail illegal exports to America.