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TIL Erin the Esurance mascot (pink hair girl) had to be retired because people on the internet wouldnt stop making porn of her

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wojQo TIL when The Beatles split up in April 1970, Paul and George were still only 27 years old
N77E8 TIL the Miss South Carolina teen who became an internet meme for her incomprehensible answer contemplated suicide after her pageant flub
D1yQV TIL that as recently as 1999, it was commonly thought that babies can't feel pain until they're 1 year old. As a result, even open heart surgeries were done without any anaestesia (1987, US)
XE16P TIL that the word "mortgage" literally means "death-pledge" in French
ORmR TIL that the number of holes on a golf course, 18, is a completely arbitrary number chosen by St. Andrews Links course in 1764, and other courses simply copied them.