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TIL PLEBS really means "commoners"

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M7KJA TIL that in 1942, after the U.S. military created rules that mandated prices and the length of encounters, set curfews and closed most cafes and beaches to sex workers, Honolulu's prostitutes went on strike, picketing the military HQ. After 22 days, the military caved.
6Eym TIL That Pete Wentz kept Kidz Bop from singing the Fall Out Boy song “Dance, Dance” because of the sexual overtones to the song.
8aewX TIL Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey has no mentions of the colour Blue because the word for it didn't exist at that time
4XYyw TIL that, after a virgin drowned at sea in S. Korea, fishermen weren't able to catch fish anymore. But the fish came back after fishermen exposed their penises to the sea and built several giant wooden statues near the sea to appease the dead virgin's spirit. The place is a tourist spot now
awdjZ TIL Bill Murray has starred in 9 out of 10 Wes Anderson movies, and has been in every one since the 1998 Rushmore.