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TIL Some stripper poles actually spin, creating the illusion that the stripper herself is spinning around the pole that quickly

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awnR9 TIL Dan Aykroyd made a cameo in “Casper” as Ghostbusters character Ray Stantz. He failed to capture the ghostly trio.
xZRb TIL the One-child Policy introduced by the Chinese government in the late ‘70s ended on January 1, 2016, when it was changed to a Two-child Policy. Under the new rule, couples still have to ask permission to have a second child.
5919 TIL the Nigerian email scam is the modern version of a con called the Spanish Prisoner, which dates back to long before the Internet was invented.
a8M1A TIL Winston Churchill would attend Shakespeare plays and recite the lines along with the actors from the front row. Richard Burton, playing Hamlet at the Old Vic theatre, tried to shake Churchill by changing the speed of his delivery, but Churchill stayed with him the whole way.
lENV TIL Adult California ground squirrels have a protein in their blood that allow them to survive rattlesnake bites. The squirrels also heat up their tail and wave them to let the rattlesnake know they are aware of them since rattlesnakes have infrared vision. They don’t do this with other snakes.