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TIL that IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a homosexual couple. It was shown once and then pulled following bomb threats to the stores.

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7Qlx TIL a trans woman wasn’t allowed to change her gender marker to female at the DMV, so she went outside and took off her shirt. She was arrested, despite her license saying “Male”
9jop TIL physical and sexual attraction is seen even in men and women who are long-time platonic friends. A 2012 study found in the majority of opposite-sex friendships, there’s at least a low level of attraction.
0wO1N TIL great white sharks are not apex predators, they are occasionally hunted by orcas for their fatty livers!
oB7wK TIL that in 1959, Martin Luther King Jr. made an impromptu stop at the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation to meet with tribal leaders whom he was "fascinated" by. This visit would later lead Dr. King to speak out against the government's treatment, both past & present, of Native Americans.
aPWM TIL that an ‘I am Rich’ iPhone App was made which cost $999.99. The App displayed a glowing red gem on a user’s iPhone screen for the sole purpose of proving to onlookers that one is of the moneyed class. It was removed later, but not before eight people bought it.