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TIL Cyndi Lauper’s hit “She-Bop” is about female masturbation. It was on the Parent Music Resource Center’s “Filthy Fifteen” list, which eventually led to the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker.

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kOgBg TIL of "The Thing", a listening device designed by the guy who invented the theremin, disguised as a gift from the Soviets to the US ambassador to spy on the US.
KayJ TIL Michael Jackson tried to hang out casually at a club and people watch but was surprised when he heard the DJ play remixes of his songs and said “Wow, I didn’t know that they still played my music” in 2008
b9JNj TIL that, as part of a poacher’s jail sentence, the Judge ordered him to watch the Disney animated film Bambi once a month until his release.
7rQYb TIL Cole Hamels, Texas Rangers pitcher, and his wife Heidi, donated their 32,000 sq foot mega-mansion and 100 acres of land to a charity organization that helps children with special needs and chronic illnesses.
EgDgP TIL, Rolls Royce has an stained glass window commemorating the pilots of the RAF (Royal Air Force) who fought at the battle of Britain during WW2 in a factory in Osmaton, Derby (UK).