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TIL in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, there is a giant statue of Santa holding a butt plug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_(sculpture)
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TIL in 2001, a baby bear, lion, and tiger were rescued from a drug dealers house in Atlanta. They had bonded as a trio and remained friends for over 15 years. Usually as animals grow older, they grow apart from other species, but these three remained close and even lived in the same habitat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bear-lion-tiger-friends_n_56d8c354e4b0ffe6f8e8bb11
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TIL the reason why old sports photos often have a blue haze is because the arenas were filled with people smoking cigarettes

https://petapixel.com/2015/10/15/why-old-sports-photos-often-have-a-blue-haze/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ejcaxu/til_the_reason_why_old_sports_photos_often_have_a/

TIL that the cast of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was barely paid for the work they did.

https://movieweb.com/lotr-cast-pay-cate-blanchett-shocking-lord-of-the-rings-finances/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1enw5ii/til_that_the_cast_of_the_lord_of_the_rings/

TIL Vesta Stoudt, an Illinois mom working in a WWII munitions plant, invented duct tape

https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/vesta-stoudt-the-woman-who-invented-duct-tape#:~:text=The%20iconic%20tape%20was%20invented,Ordnance%20Plant%20near%20Amboy%2C%20Illinois.
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