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TIL that Lil Wayne had his first child when he was 16 and his girlfriend was 15.

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awJob TIL Trader Joe's is owned by ALDI. ALDI, a German-based grocery store chain split into 2 branches - Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud - due to owners thoughts on tobacco sales. Aldi Sud is the ALDI we see here in the States. Due to name licensing, Aldi Nord rebranded into Trader Joe's
9YPm6 TIL that coins (originally made from precious metals) have ridges in order to prevent people from shaving down the edges to sell those shavings and use the devalued coins as their original value.
9rbG TIL that the Soviet Union refused to host the 1980 Paralympics, stating that none of their citizens had disabilities.
LkAo9 TIL the Allies had plenty of opportunities to assassinate Hitler; but didn't, because he was a terrible strategist (Any replacement would have been more competent and therefore worse for the Allies).
yvLM TIL when Ellen Burstyn (the mother in The Exorcist) went to see the film in theatre, a woman fainted. Burstyn ran over to help her, but called for someone else to help when she realized the fainted woman would have a bad time waking up to Burstyn’s face.