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TIL that strippers can deduct boob jobs as a business expense

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x6pnD TIL that in the original Grease musical, Sandy was not Australian. When she was cast, Olivia Newton-John agreed to be paid at a lower rate in exchange for rewriting the script to make Sandy Australian so she wouldn't need to do an American accent.
Z8P6o TIL former boxer Lovemore N'dou got into law due to a horrible experience in South Africa and after having to deal with shady boxing promotors/managers... He now runs his own law firm!
0d40v TIL that after retiring from baseball Jackie Robinson became vice president of the coffee company Chock full o'Nuts. This made him the first Black vice president of a major American corporation.
xVXZ5 TIL When the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno with videotapes of the president having sex with Russian women disguised as flight attendants, Sukarno wasn't upset. He was pleased. He even asked for more copies of the video to show back in his country.
yQW58 TIL that in early 2019, when the US government shutdown, hundreds of Canadian air traffic controllers sent American air traffic controllers pizza, in a show of solidarity at a time when the FAA controllers were not being paid.