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TIL Shel Silverstein wrote for Playboy, and published books of adult "erotica," in his unique style. I discovered this from a random purchase in a used book store, picking up "Different Dances." Album pics in the comments.

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jNy7E TIL Nikki Giovanni's only tattoo is "Thug Life".
pYGAA TIL that in spite of only being a British possession for about a decade prior, Florida remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution, but was returned to the Spanish after American independence was won.
v1A78 TIL the Maltese language is descended from the time of Muslim Arab control over Malta a millennium ago. The Arab language survived Christian reconquest, but disconnected from the Arab world, absorbed Italian/Sicilian/English vocabulary, evolving into Maltese today. It is written with Latin script.
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