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... that jorts (example pictured), despite being worn by uncool dads, are also associated with 1960s counterculture, punks, rappers, skaters, and "Brat summer"?
... that the Okinawan king Shō Taikyū was reportedly protected by an all-female bodyguard?
... that the browser extension AdNauseam blocks and clicks on advertisements at the same time?
... that a key part of Alexis Harding's abstract art is the chemical incompatibility of the different paints he uses?
... that neither of the two athletes who represented Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics grew up or trained in the country?
... that Monica Smit was ordered to pay Victoria Police's legal bill of about A$250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them?
... that St. Peter's Catholic Church is the oldest church in continuous use in the state of Minnesota?
... that the music of Camila Cabello inspired Taylor Swift to work on the song "I Forgot That You Existed" with the producers Louis Bell and Frank Dukes?
... that the Biblical Magi dispense mysterious vision-inducing foods in the Revelation of the Magi, which a scholar proposed to be an account of ritual hallucinogen intake?