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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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E1Law Today I learned Buffalo is a complete sentence, no matter how many times it is in a sentence, from 1 to infinity....
N7opQ TIL about the Peter principle, where people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence"
WD7N TIL Ancient Romans living in Pompeii had, by in large, better teeth than we do now thanks to their low-sugar diets and high fluorine content in the air and water from the nearby volcano.
x68L5 TIL about Garibaldi, an Italian general who led 1,000 volunteers in the unification of Italy, outnumbered 90 to 1 and commanding just a few stolen tugboats, he managed to land in Sicily, incite the people there to revolt and ultimately destroyed the state of Two Sicilies in less than 2 years.
6VvX TIL when Canada switched to the Metric System in 1970, a group of angry Conservative members of Parliament opened up an illegal “Freedom to Measure” gas station, which sold gas in gallons.