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TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont

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E8Lw TIL that the Netherlands voted “Swaffelen” as their word of the year in 2008. It means to repeatedly smack one’s penis against someone or something.
awJkL TIL Spider-Man could have been a fly. Stan Lee said "I saw a fly crawling on a wall. And I said, 'Boy, it would be great if I could get a superhero who could stick to walls like an insect.'" He considered "Insect Man, Fly Man, Stick-to-Wall Man, Mosquito Man... none of them sounded good enough."
ovrY TIL Bank of America paid no taxes in 2009, even though it made $4.4 billion income
yV5Jw TIL chicken tenders were first made in 1974 in Manchester, NH by the Puritan Backroom restaurant
vG7B TIL that EA sent out brass knuckles to the gamewriters of the Godfather II before realizing that they were illegal in most of the states they sent them to, including California, where EA is based.