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TIL there are still 10 people that are living in iron lungs
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TIL the strawberry on the tomato pin cushion is filled with emery powder, an abrasive, to sharpen pins.
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TIL Bald Eagle 🦅 is a sea bird with a white head. The word “bald” comes from the old English “balde,” meaning white.
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TIL that lipstick was first used in Ancient Egypt by prostitutes to show their willingness to preform oral sex. (third paragraph to save time)
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TIL in 2006 50 Cent was sued by Luther Campbell's manager for plagiarizing the lines "It's your birthday" in the song "In da Club". However, the lawsuit was dismissed because the phrase was ruled a "common, unoriginal and noncopyrightable element of the song".
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TIL that in the 1930s, the Communist Party of Germany allied with the Nazi's (who they referred to as "working people's comrades"), to overthrow the Social Democratic government under the belief that a Nazi government would collapse and lead to a Communist one gaining power