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TIL that Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is an allegory for the problem of child prostitution and the sex industry in Japan.

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y6oe TIL a Manhattan driver recently set a record by hitting 240 consecutive green lights.
E1mRx TIL One of South Park co-creator Trey Parker's first productions was a sketch for his 6th grade school variety show called "The Dentist." There was so much fake blood involved that the sketch upset kindergarten students in the audience and Parker's parents were called.
womyY TIL in the 80's Ringo Starr of The Beatles narrated the original episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine
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