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TIL there is a strip club in Boise, Idaho that hands out sketch pads to customers because of a loop hole stating that public nudity may only be acceptable in the state provided it had artistic merit. (Scroll to #3)

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p8kQA TIL In Greek Mythology, when Cronus castrated (his father) Uranus, from Uranus' blood which splattered onto the earth, sprang the Furies, the Giants, and the Meliae. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the sea, around which "a white foam spread" and "grew" into the goddess Aphrodite.
dv4j TIL there is an Australian artist called Pricasso who makes a living painting portraits with his penis
R5VZ4 TIL During the American War of Independence, more Americans died as prisoners of war on British prison ships than all of the Revolutionary War engagements combined.
yQEje TIL John Candy was paid $414 for his role in Home Alone (1990), doing it as a favor for screenwriter John Hughes