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TIL in order to convince CBS to allow Lucille Ball to be shown pregnant on “I Love Lucy,” Desi Arnaz consulted a priest, a rabbi and a minister, all of whom said it was fine. CBS relented, but still prohibited “pregnant” words, so Arnaz pronounced “expecting” as “spectin” in his Cuban accent.

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ANZWB TIL Ancient mummified forests in Canada's Quttinirpaaq National Park were discovered in 2010. Located at the northern tip of Canada in the arctic on an island only a little smaller than Great Britain, this park is accessible by ship from $13,300 USD
VdV0 TIL There was a PlayStation2 game that included an unintentional sex toy
4kbEg TIL that China "overtook" Europe in terms of GDP. In 1960 China had 59B, Europe 900B. In 1995 China had 699B, Europe 6T. As today China has around 19T and Europe 18T (All these datas are approximated). In the end, one country became "richer" than 20+ countries together in less than 70 years
b6o7a TIL of Félix Faure, a French President who died while receiving a blowjob. A ship named after him also went down.
Nbe1 TIL The last descendant of Abraham Lincoln died in 1985