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TIL that China has banned time travel in TV, saying that it “disrespects history”.

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neByP TIL about Wangari Mathaai, the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt movement that helped plant 30 million trees and empowered women to get involved in social change.
9wxWQ TIL that there was a WWII land battle fought in Alaska between Japan (occupying force) and the United States.
neQKP TIL The Tidewater Pipeline was the World's first oil pipeline built in Pennsylvania and still exists today and is used for fiber optic cables.
4KbN TIL when a foreign dignitary stays over at Blair House (the sister version of White House), their national flag is flown over the premises and the area is considered foreign soil
9YkRQ American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year. Number one: Camreigh.