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TIL that there is a near-abandoned Flintstones-themed camp ground and amusement park in Arizona, about 30 minutes from the Grand Canyon, complete with year-round camping and a "Bedrock Theater" that plays Flintstones cartoons

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mxRev TIL Lynchburg, TN isn't named after lynchings, but after Lynchburg, VA. Lynchburg, VA was named after founder John Lynch. John's brother was a man called Charles Lynch, a militiaman and quaker who extra-judiciously lynched Loyalists and is considered to be the namesake of the term lynching.
X7Oj TIL in 1988 Cosmopolitan claimed that unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man did not put women at risk of infection and that it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.
6EXLX TIL in Singapore, anyone of sound mind and over 21, will have their heart, lung, kidneys automatically donated if they do not opt out
lM8B TIL that in some parts of Poland, it’s uncommon to casually celebrate birthdays, and instead, “name days”, the day a patron saint a person has been named after is dedicated, is celebrated by coworkers, etc.
rNaRW TIL English model Jean Shrimpton caused a sensation when, in 1965, she arrived at a Melbourne Derby Day wearing a white shift dress that ended 10 cm above the knee. The controversial event is considered as having been responsible for the birth and success of the miniskirt