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TIL That there are plots in porn because it used to be illegal to make pornography without plots in the 90s under the obscenity law

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W8pA TIL that after four years of eating Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries, a woman sued the distributor of Cap'n Crunch because she discovered that she was eating brightly-colored cereal balls, and that “Crunchberries” aren’t a real fruit like she had thought.
XERJQ TIL Author Stephen King decided to take his novel "Rage" out of print due to the fact that the book was found in the lockers of 5 school shooters over the span of 9 years.
6EvVJ TIL that despite it being common practice for casinos to ban card counters, a 1979 New Jersey Supreme Court decision banned all Atlantic City casinos from doing so, making them the only state in America where a casino is forbidden from throwing out skilled blackjack players.
oBOjA TIL Margaret Atwood's popular novel "The Handmaid's Tale," was first adapted into a film back in 1990.
l7D7A TIL Leon Theremin, the inventor of the theremin, the instrument that makes eerie sounds and is played without being touched, also invented a device which is considered a predecessor of the RFID technology