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TIL 2008 was the UN approved International Year of the Potato

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W9J9 TIL Australia banned porn with small breasts because lobbyists argued only men who liked child porn would watch it
4XLR6 TIL: Iowa has a law that prevents new roads from being constructed diagonally. They want every road to be in a cardinal direction.
8QRb TIL that Louis Vuitton, aka the name behind the enormous fashion brand, was originally hired by Napolean III to carry his wife’s luggage.
woLD1 TIL that the first American novel is considered to be "The Power of Symphony", published in 1789
6E4RQ TIL Rosemary Kennedy was probably never mentally ill at all. Her lobotomy was most likely as a result of the rigid expectations placed on her.