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TIL the show "Politically Incorrect" was cancelled because it's host said something politically incorrect about 9/11

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OGaY4 TIL Stallone is the only actor in the history of American cinema to have starred in a box-office number-one film across six consecutive decades
jNkBN TIL about the Christmas pickle. A supposedly German tradition, where you hide a pickle in the Christmas tree and whoever finds it first gets a reward. Apparently this is a well known tradition in the US, but not of German origin and in fact completely unknown in Germany.
E1pa7 TIL: Caspian Sea has more salinity than Baltic Sea
N7vJ1 TIL "Marcha Real" the national anthem of Spain.It is one of only four national anthems(along with those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and San Marino) that has no official lyrics.Though the Marcha Real has no lyrics, words have been written and used for it in the past.
8eEyG TIL unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person who has acute HIV infection could carry a transmission risk of up to 2% (the equivalent of 1 transmission per 50 exposures) for receptive vaginal sex and over 20% (equivalent to 1 transmission per 5 exposures) for receptive anal sex.