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TIL Grandpa Lou in “Rugrats” has a space-themed porn stash.

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eJvJ TIL when Australia abolished their inheritance tax in 1979, a disproportionate number of parents died in the week immediately after the abolition went into effect, suggesting that many of their heirs were doing everything to keep them alive just long enough for the inheritance tax to expire.
lopQN TIL that during the time of the 3rd Reich, the Hitler Youth planted larches in a pine forest so that when autumn came it looked like a swastika from the air.
aLab TIL There’s a basketball court on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court. It’s known as the Highest Court in the Land.
b9yA0 TIL Stork embroidery scissors were originally umbilical clamps used by midwives to restrict blood flow before cutting. Midwives began sharpening them as sewing scissors to use during the long awaited times before delivery.
4Xyna TIL in 2011 a Soviet war memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria was vandalized overnight, with the soldiers depicted as American pop culture characters and the spray-painted caption "Abreast with the Times"