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TIL The real-life inspiration for "Pussy Galore," the leather-clad pilot in the James Bond Film "Goldfinger" was "Joe" Carstairs, an eccentric cross-dressing millionaire lesbian.

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kOE4B TIL that Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken isn’t a celebration of choice and individuality - It’s actually the opposite. He wrote it sarcastically to make fun of an indecisive friend, and the poem actually asserts that the choice between the “two paths” doesn’t really make a difference at all.
ANDo TIL that the US drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 due to the efforts of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). They successfully lobbied congress to create a law that imposed a federal penalty on any state that did not comply.
BrKnL TIL Ancient Roman spies used urine as invisible ink to write secrets between the lines of their official documents, hence the saying: "read between the lines." The messages appeared only when heated.
W76OY TIL that the earliest refutation of UFOs was written in the 9th century by Agobard of Lyon, who wrote against the claims of peasants that ‘sky sailors’ were coming to steal their crops in his treatise ‘On Hail and Thunder’
Wkm8A TIL that Aunt Jemima from the syrup bottle was a real lady name Nancy Green. She was a former slave and advocated against poverty and in favor of equal rights for individuals of Chicago. She then became one of the first African American living trademarks and the face of 'Aunt Jemima' .