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TIL that on the 30th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square Massacre in 2021, searches for the Tank Man image and videos were censored by Microsoft's Bing search engine worldwide. Microsoft said the issue was "due to an accidental human error".

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X60k TIL that the U.S. Military has an official ban in place on all of Soulja Boy’s music
xVkY1 TIL:In The Phantom Menace, Yoda has three toes. But in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, he has four
wPo TIL Guinness bought every British soldier in WWII a pint on Christmas Day. They would pay half your wages to your family while at war, guaranteed job when returning, funeral expenses, vacations, childrens’ education, scholarships, and paid wages 20% higher than other breweries (see more in link).
09oL TIL in the US, more babies are born on Monday and Tuesday than any other day because doctors don’t like scheduling c-sections and induced labour on the weekend.
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