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TIL that Linda Ronstadt and Frank Zappa were featured together in a razor commercial for Remington; "cleans you, thrills you ... may even keep you from getting busted"-

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xDew TIL the average length of a freight train in the US is 2000 metres / 1.25miles long
j670N TIL In the 2000's Linda Fiorentino(MIB, Dogma actress) began dating FBI agent Mark Rosini. Claiming she was researching for a role, she got him to access and give her files related to the felony case against a Holywood fixer, which she then gave to his lawyers, intending to help him
LQWLZ TIL that “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by Alvin & the Chipmunks was the only Christmas song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 until Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” did so 61 years later.
Bv9D TIL that up until 1977 child porn was legal. Before then you could find them on shelves right next to other erotica. It seems so little known.
ADL8l TIL that dumb people believe themselves to be above average in terms of intelligence due to the Dunning Krueger Effect, which explains that the less someone knows of a topic, the more confident they will feel in the subject due to them not knowing the true size or complexity of the topic.