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TIL there are no Starbucks in Italy

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GAyQG TIL: Duckie’s dance in the movie "Pretty In Pink" was originally set to The Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up.” After a failed attempt to secure the song rights, Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” was chosen instead, with choreographer Kenny Ortega (Dirty Dancing) teaching Jon Cryer how to dance.
wLgaJ TIL L.L. Bean ended it’s legendary lifetime return policy, and of course customer abuse and social media is to blame
GnbN TIL Carl Sagan was an avid marijuana user his entire life. “I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, unavailable to us without such drugs”
5YXdD TIL that "lactose-free milk" is just milk with an added enzyme that helps lactose-intolerant people digest it.
16w6r TIL that the 1876 United States presidential election is the only election where the losing candidate won a majority (rather than a plurality) of the popular vote.