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TIL: The CIA secretly pumped funds into abstract-expressionists, such as Jackson Pollack & Mark Rothko, in an attempt to make popular American freedom and expression art in contrast to rigid Soviet art

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W7MwX TIL the traffic stop lights in Akureyri, Iceland are shaped like hearts
nep49 TIL that 27% of female girl give blowjob on the first date
DOoe TIL there’s a pair of GPS shoes nicknamed the “No Place Like Home” shoes because they will point you in the direction of home if you click your heels three times.
g1yD TIL Ford was offered Volkswagen for free in 1948.