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TIL that 'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro Told Cops, 'You Can't Arrest Me! I'm the Cake Boss!'

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QNd0k TIL that in 1948 comedy writers at the BBC were forbidden to make jokes about lavatories and effeminacy in men or make suggestive references to honeymoon couples, chambermaids, fig leaves, prostitution, ladies' underwear, animal habits (e.g. rabbits), lodgers, and commercial travellers.
LQ1Wm TIL Volcanos in Hawaii can produce hair-like strands of glass called "Pele's Hair."
OGMmY Today I learned that the amusement park Six Flags derives it’s name from the six nations who have ruled over Texas (Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, USA, and the Confederate States of America).
Z8dxo TIL that German renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer's father came from Hungary and was originally named Albrecht Ajtósi, and since Ajtósi means "doormaker", Dürer (originally spelled Türer) is the German translation of that name in Nuremburg dialect.
8dLa TIL two Australians fooled officials into letting them play in an international golf tournament at North Korea’s only golf course. For five days they were treated as honored guests and taken on official visits around Pyongyang before being exposed as frauds due to their poor golfing skills.