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TIL "Buffalo Gals" [The song sung by Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"] was written about the prostitutes of Canal St. in Buffalo N.Y., the Wickedest Street in the World with its “ladies “of the fancy ways.”"

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WKQL TIL Using a chloroform soaked rag as an incapacitating agent is pure fiction. It is nearly impossible to incapacitate someone using chloroform in this manner.
MYY7 TIL that the phrase “I have a bad feeling about this” was spoken in every Star Wars movie.
yVjop TIL about lazboard or petranboard, a wooden board used for skiing on snow in Petran Plateau of İkizdere district of Rize in Turkey. It is thought to have been used since the 1600s
kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today