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TIL that Larry Flynt has sent a monthly copy of Hustler to every congressional office since 1983, and members of Congress can't stop receiving the magazines—because a court agreed that it was within Flynt's right to petition the government under the First Amendment.

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mgJv TIL that the music for Iggy Pop’s classic song “Lust For Life” was written by David Bowie on a ukulele
neAXo TIL a young Frank Sinatra tried to get out of his contract with bandleader Tommy Dorsey. When Dorsey refused Sinatra’s offer of $60,000, mobster Willie Moretti allegedly threatened Dorsey. Afterwards, Dorsey let Sinatra out of his contract for $1.
XElLR TIL: The “fresh” apples you buy from the grocery store may have been in storage for up to a year before hitting the shelves thanks to modern storage techniques.
G6Lg TIL a family of people with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition known as methemoglobinemia.
R4M4 TIL that Soviet Navy officer Vasili Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis and thereby prevented a nuclear war.