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TIL the number of stay-at-home dads in the US actually dropped after 2010 - it went from 2.2 million in 2010 to 2 million in 2014.

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oBmkr TIL that "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-lot was a call to see beauty in diversity. Sir Mix-a-lot used the song to blame the media for skewing the notion of beauty and hoped his music would empower women of all shapes and sizes.
6Eo0Y TIL Parts (if not all) of Europe don’t refrigerate their eggs, and that unwashed eggs can last awhile outside the fridge as long as they aren’t washed. Info on why the U.S refrigerates eggs in article as well.
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