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TIL the first banned book in the US was Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” published in 1637, which was sympathetic to Native Americans and critical of the Puritans

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lov75 TIL that Bhutan is the only country in the world whose nature converts more CO2 than the land itself produces.
jNvXN TIL comedy legend Mel Brooks was an uncredited producer of The Elephant Man, released in 1980. He was left off the credits for fear that fans would believe the movie was a comedy.
1a0gP TIL that in 1937, a funnel was filled with hot pitch, a highly viscous material. In April 2014, the ninth drop from the funnel fell, almost thirteen and a half years after the eighth.
78yVX TIL that during the early stages of “Moana” (2016), the character of Maui was originally bald - just like Dwayne Johnson. This was changed after Polynesian cultural advisers working with Disney pointed out that Maui having rich hair is crucial for his mana (spiritual energy).
yR7J TIL there is a pig chief character named Spa'am in “Muppet Treasure Island.” Hormel Foods (the makers of Spam) filed a lawsuit against Jim Henson Productions which failed. The judge who dismissed it said “one might think Hormel would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork.”