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8M0P TIL that not only is the woman in the “We Can Do It” poster not Rosie the Riveter, but the poster was meant to remind employees considering unions that they could be replaced by women, not to inspire women to work.
PY5wn TIL, Andy Warhol made an adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1965. The film, "Vinyl", is about Victor, who spends his time lifting weights, dancing and torturing people before being arrested.
R5lPa TIL Bestiality is still legal in Hawaii, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming
DjGV TIL that when American soldiers came to the house of Richard Strauss in 1945, the famous German composer identified himself: “I am Richard Strauss, the composer of Rosenkavalier and Salome.” One of the soldiers was a musician, and placed a sign at the home so others would not bother him.
rNO14 TIL One of the oldest cases of environmental law is the English land dispute Aldred's Case from 1610. William Aldred claimed that Thomas Benton had built a pigsty too close to his house. The courts ruled that the pigsty deprived Aldred of his property and personal dignity.