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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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rREwo TIL that there are only 22 countries in the world that Great Britain HASN'T invaded.
LkNad If we don’t take drastic and immediate action, food shortages, plant and animal extinction, and inhospitable environments for humans will become inevitable, scientists say.
Wk8gB TIL That Martin Newell needed a simple mathematical model of a familiar object for his work in 1975. He created what is considered today to be the "Utah Teapot", a 3D test model that has become a standard reference object for testing and demonstrating rendering algorithms and visual effects.
0Ov1 TIL in 2010, Japanese welfare officials went to check on a 111-year old man, the family refused to let them see him. Returning with police, they found his mummified corpse still wearing pajamas. The man had died in 1980, but the family hid his death so they could continue to collect his pension.
LQDaZ TIL The pink suit worn by Jacqueline Kennedy was not an actual Chanel suit. At a time when wearing clothes made in America was important for FLOTUS, it was made using materials supplied by Chanel in Paris. The outfit was a line-for-line copy from the New York shop Chez Ninon.