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TIL when it was invented, the sewing machine was controversial, feared to be too sexually stimulating to women

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gXgb TIL That people from the Upper Peninsula (Michigan) call people from the Lower Peninsula Trolls because they live beneath the bridge.
a8MQM TIL Jason Statham had competed for England in 10 metre, 3 metre and 1 metre competitionsat the 1990 Commonwealth Games
epV5b TIL two former captive beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, were flown 6000 miles, from China to Iceland.
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