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TIL Adriano Celentano had a #1 hit in Italy for a gibberish “English” song

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x5VB TIL in investigating prostitution at a Seattle strip club, an undercover cop visited the club 160 times, spent at least $16,835 of taxpayer money on 130 lap dances and an undetermined number of undocumented dances, and never made a single arrest.
l7X8G TIL there's a "sex for fish" trade in some developing African countries, in which women have transactional sex with fishermen to secure their supply of fish.
0lJL TIL that a female chauffeur is called a chauffeuse.
XEPmk TIL Dalmatians are associated with Fire Fighters because they were originally used as sirens. Dating back to the 1800s, they could keep up with the horse drawn carriages and warn people they are coming as well as scare off anything that would spook the horses.
QNGwX TIL about “Dancing Mania”, a social phenomenon in Europe which involved outbreaks of up to thousands of people dancing erratically. Participants suddenly became violent at the color red, and would sometimes dance for days, or even to death.