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TIL that oral sex was de jure illegal in parts of the United States until 2003.

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GYvW4 TIL Italian police officers posed as "pizza delivery boys" in order to arrest mafia boss Roberto Manganiello of Naples’ notorious Camorra mafia, listed as “one of Italy’s 100 most dangerous criminals” as he watched football in his apartment. He offered no resistance to the fake "delivery boys."
P1kjV TIL that the bird lady from Central Park in Home Alone 2 (Brenda Fricker) has an academy award for best supporting actress for the movie My Left Foot
p0JN TIL David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader (in form, not voice), is banned from attending official Star Wars conventions because George Lucas finds him annoying.
0wLjR TIL about Tidal locking when rotation and translation takes the same time. For example, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. And almost all bodies will eventually be tidal locked.
VM9OB TIL: Wilbur & Orville Wright's father gifted them a toy helicopter (based on an invention of French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud). They played with it until it broke, and then built their own. They later pointed to their experience with the toy as the spark of their interest in flying.