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TIL: Before Deep Throat, Linda Lovelace starred in a bestiality film.

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9d86 TIL there are 45 different types of gas produced in the USA significantly reducing efficiency and raising the price at the pump.
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wgAM TIL the band “They Might Be Giants” published an errata for their song, “Why Does the Sun Shine?” to address some factual errors called “Why Does the Sun Really Shine?”
e0rBg TIL that U.S. area codes were influenced by the rotary dial, where smaller numbers are dialed faster than longer ones. The first digit could not be one or zero, but the second had to be one or zero. Therefore, the most quickly dialed code was 212; the slowest was 909. This system existed until 1995.
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