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TIL the word cheesecake has sexual connotations and was used in the 1660s to describe promiscuous women

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dAK TIL Charles Barkley, not MJ, Magic, or Bird, led The Dream Team in points per game, rebounds per game, and steals. Before the Olympics, the selection committee wasn’t even sure he should be on the team.
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