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TIL there is a Family Guy episode which is so controversial FOX will not broadcast it in America.

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b9xeQ TIL The indigenous Chukchi refused to pledge loyalty to Russian rulers and pay yasak, a special fur toll that would provide them with iron instruments, guns. In 1779 Catherine II officially proclaimed all the Chukchi Russia’s citizens – though many of them probably knew nothing about this
lojL7 TIL the cast of Captain Planet included the voice talents of Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, LeVar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner, Tim Curry, John Ratzenberger, and James Coburn.
W7gY8 TIL that Iceman, a movie partiality based in Otzi the Iceman, is one of the few movies that used an extinct language in the dialogues, being ancient Rhaetian
a8gAJ TIL that in 2011 a man in Egpyt named his daughter Facebook. He chose the name to "to express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth," who organized protests with social media, starting that day, which led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after 30 years in power.
WkpZ4 TIL: Stefan Lux, a Czech reporter, committed suicide on the floor of the League of Nations to bring attention to the dangers of Nazi Germany.