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TIL that almost 3% of films released in the 1960s included depictions of people sinking in quicksand, clay or mud

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69dEw TIL Seattle Public Library has made their ebook collection available to to 13-26 year olds living anywhere in the US
9YvDD TIL All My Life by Foo Fighters is about Dave Grohl's love of performing oral sex on women.
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