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Women Are Objects

Women! They're things. Or stuff. Wait, no, they're people... but not until the '90s. Before then, your girlfriend was a mop, or a beer, or a pack of cigarettes.

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The More You Know

  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
  • Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
  • The odds of getting a royal flush are exactly 1 in 649,740.
  • The first TV commercial didn't air until the 1940s.
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