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TIL there is a Super Smash Bros fanfic that is over 3x longer than the entire Harry Potter series

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gM8dD TIL: In the UK there is a program where if a woman is on a Tinder date and she doesn't feel safe all she has to do is go to the bar and ask for "Angela". The bar staff will assist her in getting away from the guy and to a safe spot.
R5am9 TIL there is a controversial sculpture by Belgian pop artist Paul Van Hoeydonck on the surface of the moon placed by Apollo 15 NASA astronaut David Scott
8e8LP TIL that Pocky, the Japanese chocolate biscuit shaped like a thin stick, is named after the onomatopoeic sound made when snapping a Pocky stick in half
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