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TIL the iconic plane that lands at the beginning of each Fantasy Island episode was used multiple times for drug running and seized by the DEA .

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m1dAR TIL During the 1902 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker was depicted as a parrot so he passed the Salus-Grady libel law which banned representing politicians as animals. Cartoonist all over the nation responded by drawing politicians as vegetables and inanimate objects.
6EOB8 TIL that while some members of a K-pop group are singers or dancers, some members are given the role of being the group's "visual". This means that they fit Korean beauty standards the most. Sometimes these members are accused of not having any talent other than being good-looking.
EgQ9w TIL that Europe has an official anthem
e0mVJ TIL the dictionary isn't as much an instruction guide to the English language, as it is a record of how people are using it. Words aren't added because they're OK to use, but because a lot of people have been using them.
698jJ TIL a woman accidentally broke a Jeff koon dog balloon statue at an art exhibit that was worth $42k; there are 798 statues remaining.