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TIL an episode of Peppa Pig which teaches children that spiders are harmless is banned in Australia.

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yQyMw TIL about "A True Story", the first sci-fi novel written by a Greek-speaking Syrian in the 2nd century AD. This satire is the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare.
nD7r TIL that whenever a Taser is fired, colorful confetti shoots out. Each piece of confetti has the serial number of the cartridge that fired it, for tracking purposes.
46MN TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.
OnXa TIL that Monica Lewinsky performed oral sex on Bill Clinton while he was still talking on the phone with a member of Congress
Owk7 TIL the famine in North Korea has been so bad in recent years, that people have been executed for selling human flesh