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TIL pornography is legal in the US even though prostitution is not, because it is illegal to pay one explicitly for sex, but the participants in a film/photo are paid to act and are protected under the first amendment to take part in sexual acts as part of the act.

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9wQrX TIL Andy Kaufman never cashed the checks he received from the Pro-Wrestling Promotion where he feuded with Jerry Lawler
X8AR TIL Sea-Monkeys appeared to “hatch instantly” when you emptied the egg packet into the water because the “Water Purifier” packet used 24 hours earlier also contained eggs.
nWx7G TIL that Craig Hodges, one of the best NBA players of his generation and an outspoken activist, was blacklisted from the league after wearing a dashiki during a White House visit and giving Bush Sr. a letter criticizing his administration’s treatment of the poor and minorities
QloX TIL people who believe in the paranormal are more likely to “see” nonexistant things in images
b9EX7 TIL of Project A119 - a US Cold War plan to nuke the moon