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TIL people used to say “bow-chicka-wow-wow” because porn was often accompanied with funky music in the 80’s and 90’s.

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69p07 TIL During World War II (1942-45), the U.S. forcibly relocated and incarcerated around 120,000 people of Japanese descent—two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens—in ten camps run by the War Relocation Authority.
e0abk TIL the dwarf actors in the 1987 film The Garbage Pail Kids Movie could only survive in their costumes for five to seven minutes before their oxygen depleted, so a paramedic with a stop watch was required on set in order to keep the takes quick, and the actors from asphyxiating.
7rMjM TIL that when Mt. Everest was found to be the tallest mountain on Earth at 29000ft (the estimate at the time), an extra 2 feet were added on top of the number because they feared if it was too round of a number, the public would think they had picked an arbitrary number.
nWd5d TIL dog fox hybrids have been genetically verified. They're known as dogxims.
wL4VM TIL Winston Churchill reportedly saw Pres. Lincoln’s ghost while staying in the White House. Churchill had just gotten out of the bathtub, and saw the specter leaning on the mantle. Churchill, naked, calmly ashed his cigar and said, "Good evening Mr. President, you seem to have me at a disadvantage"