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TIL that there are more native Spanish speakers in the US than there are in Spain

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jDwv TIL the line in Sk8er Boi, “He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?”, is voted the 4th worst lyrics of all time. (The worst is “I’m serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer”)
mx11M TIL that one the reasons that cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat, wear white gloves is because they're based off of black faced minstrel shows that were popular in the 1920's and 30's.
xVrv7 TIL that it was said of the Khmer Rouge's Brother Number Two, that 'in comparison with Nuon Chea, people considered Pol Pot a paragon of kindness'? Also he was not punished for his many, many murders until he was 81.
nPvG TIL that Google is under investigation in France for “aggravated financial fraud and organised money laundering” of €1,600,000,000.
gZJW TIL that 75% of lesbians in the United States are overweight