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TIL Any teenager in Philadelphia can get 10 condoms a month mailed to their house for free by the local health department.

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v1dwL TIL that famous jazz pianist Fats Waller was kidnapped by gangsters for three days in Chicago in 1926. He was the "surprise guest" at Al Capone's birthday party. He was later found very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.
BrGeb TIL The band Kiss makes Kiss Kaskets and Dimebag Darrell was buried in one.
wL7MJ TIL Charles "Old Hoss " Radbourn, an MLB pitcher from 1880 to 1891, won 60 games in a single season and is believed to be the first person ever photographed "flipping the bird".
nW4mo TIL that there were Olympic medals for painters, sculptors, writers and musicians until 1952.
KYWMR TIL the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen and South Korean won are all synonyms (圓, "round")