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TIL one million moms threatens to boycott JCPenny over mother’s day ad that featured two moms… JCPenny’s responded by featuring 2 dads. for father’s day ad.

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mxRvv TIL in 1996 NBA star Mahmud Abdul Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem. His career ended as a result.
D15ep TIL that in most Hollywood movies any scene involving an animal is monitored by the Humane Society to ensure no animals are actually harmed in the making of the film.
epRjE TIL that the Australian government failed to act on HTLV-1, a retrovirus that affects over 40% of the population of some indigenous communities in Central Australia. Between 5% and 10% of those with the virus will develop a rapidly fatal form of leukaemia.
9wLaB TIL every LEGO minifigure had the exact same head shape for the first 21 yrs of minifigure production, limiting what characters it could do. It wasn't until 1999 & the Jar Jar Binks minifigure for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace that LEGO introduced sculpted head pieces for its minifigures
Melk7 Today I learned that female navels were banned from American television from 1951 to 1983.