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TIL Barbie was based on a 1940's comic strip about a buxom gold digging escort named Lili. Mattel copied the design from a adult novelty toy version of the character.

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GYmJ7 TIL Travelling and watching movies will increase the likelihood of experiencing déjà vu
XErp8 TIL that 2 students were arrested and sentenced to 7 years in prison, in Portugal for "raising a toast to freedom" in 1960. The news of this inspired British lawyer Peter Benenson to lay down the foundation for one of the largest human rights organizations in the world, the Amnesty International.
LQNQZ TIL that there are more people that are either Christian or Muslim than all other religions combined
lWBB TIL A plot to detonate a car bomb in Central London was foiled after one of the cars involved was towed for being parked illegally.
69dnJ TIL about the My Way Killings. Since 1998, 12 people have been murdered in karaoke bars in the Philippines for singing Frank Sinatra's, My Way and no-one really knows why.