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TIL the male equivalent of a ballerina is a ballerino

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yVdVp TIL There is a park in Amsterdam called Vondelpark where adults were legally allowed to have sex in the park, as long as they took their garbage with them afterwards and never had intercourse near the playground. Sexual activities were to be limited to the evening hours and night.
y1w TIL that it took Jon Stewart 14 min to single handedly cancel the cnn show crossfire
xdP1 TIL Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s (You deserve a break today), State Farm (Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there!) and BandAids. (I am stuck on Bandaids, cause Bandaids are stuck on me!)
o68A TIL of Edward VIII who held the title of King of England for just 11 months. He abdicated the throne so that he could marry a woman the British government did not approve of as she had been divorced. They remained married until his death.
rNlbw TIL West Indies is not a country but a group of islands containing 13 countries.