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TIL a SIGNIFICANT portion of Chumbawamba’s discography is sociopolitical folk music

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1Zgd TIL that women in poor countries with worse health tend to be attracted more to masculine looking men, while women in rich countries prefer more feminine looking men
ME40 TIL Cartoon Network banned an episode of Cow and Chicken called “Buffalo Gals” which allegedly implied lesbian stereotypes including the Gals being mistaken for men and the line “Oh! the Buffalo Gals, a motorcycle riding gang that randomly breaks into people’s homes and chews on their carpets.”
7bmr TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers, after finding out they would be delayed 2 hours for weather. The pizzas were delivered within 30 minutes by Domino’s and were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane in an official airport vehicle.
b6YPQ TIL that the practice of Feng Shui is so prevalent in Hong Kong that when the Bank Of China was built to not follow the practice, the HSBC building nearby built maintenance cranes with the shape of cannons to combat its negative energy.
kjlE TIL , On his 29th Birthday Sylvester Stallone had only $106 in his bank account , which he later spend on watching a fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner who inspired the movie and Balboa’s underdog personality in Rocky.