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TIL in 1980 there was a spinoff of Sanford & Son called "Sanford". Fred's son Lamont was replaced with a jolly white Southerner, with a beard and trucker's cap, who lived in Lamont's room.

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ZpvPG TIL that Raven is a chimpanzee. It picked stocks by throwing darts and became the 22nd most successful manager in the US. This chimpanzee created its own index called MonkeyDex, which grew by 213% in 1999, outperforming the performance of over 6000 professional brokers on Wall Street.
Ve5B TIL special care was taken while restoring Shakespeare’s grave to ensure that his bones remained untouched as the epitaph on his tombstone reads: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bones.”
8a5KL TIL Stalin was one asked by his mother what he did and he said he was "Something like the Tsar." His mom responded that he should have been a priest
jN1Bj TIL former member of fake-lesbian Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. is anti-gay
69al TIL Mark Wahlberg turned down a starring role in Brokeback Mountain because he was “a little creeped out” by the homosexual themes and sex scene.