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TIL that Ben & Jerry’s created the first chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

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Me1GB TIL that growing up, Samuel L Jackson has a bad stutter, which got him into acting so he could ‘pretend to be someone who doesn’t stutter’ and he also at this time started to use ‘motherfucker’ as an affirmation word to help keep from stuttering.
XE4X6 TIL that ABBA's performance costumes were vibrant and colourful because if they could wear them while not performing, they wouldn't be tax deductible under Swedish tax law
QJLgE TIL The Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives can present a mace in a congressperson's face when a Member becomes unruly, thereby restoring order.
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gr9JL TIL the oldest ever porn film is called El Satario (1917). It features a man dressed as the devil stealing a women into a cave, where they then have sex before being chased away.