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TIL the Barbie doll is based off of a high-end prostitute.

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oMaK TIL California Governor Ronald Reagan banned open carry of loaded firearms shortly after the Black Panthers marched on the State Capitol while bearing arms.
908X TIL that during the Nigerian Civil War, the two sides agreed to a 48-hour cease fire because Pelé was in town to play an exhibition game, and everyone wanted to be free to watch it without having to worry about the war.
d8n4j TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.
NXy5N TIL: The Wiggles have a rich history, including starting as “Cockroaches”, aspirations for head Wiggle, and the love, and divorce, and continued co-Wiggling of two current cast members
1aBY4 TIL that between North and South Korea lies 155 miles of no man’s land where hundreds of rare animals species thrive.