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TIL: Swedes use the term 'Curling Parents' for overprotective parents who - as in the ice game - sweep out all trouble in front of their kids

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l7lj1 TIL that the Aryan Brotherhood and the Manson Family considered joining forces when they were in prison together, but the partnership fell through when the Aryan Brotherhood took offense at the murder of Sharon Tate.
9wMVX TIL The early "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" shows were taped over by the studio the following day, including the week Harry Belafonte hosted.
N747M TIL Snoop Dogg tried to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a music video shoot
xV8n0 TIL that the majority of Americans teenagers are still virgins by the time they hit eighteen, and the number using birth control has increased over time.
d8x99 TIL the flags of many African nations have the colors green, gold and red borrowed from the flag of Ethiopia, which remained outside European control during the colonial era by defeating Italy. As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly independent states in Africa.