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TIL Redfoo and Sky Blu of LMFAO are Berry Gordy's son and grandson, respectively

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DQWBg TIL In Norway the Storting, consisting of the president and five vice presidents. The system with five vice presidents was implemented in 2009. According to current practice, political parties are represented proportionately in the Storting's Presidium.
rNDPd TIL most of "The Strip" isn't actually in Las Vegas. It's in Paradise, Nevada
dDp8d TIL the term "piggyback" was originally "pick pack", meaning carrying someone like a pack on your back. Pigs do not carry each other on their backs.
Y7plP TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.
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