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TIL the 3 date rule is a not a thing anymore

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5mok TIL Donald Glover got his rapper name ‘Childish Gambino’ from an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator.
kbom TIL that a father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time
9o0X TIL When Robert Knievel was in jail, his cellmates name was William “Awful” Knofel. When the the jailer went to check on them he stated “Well look who we have here, Awful Knofel and Evil Knievel.” Thus the legend of Evel Knievel was born.
GAXPJ TIL the reason phones have letters over the numbers is because the pre-1968 hubs that calls were routed through could only handle 10,000 subscribers with unique, 5-digit numbers. Cities often needed multiple hubs that were assigned letters to serve as the first 2 digits of the phone number.
7QEr TIL The bomb squad in Bristol UK once blew up a suspicous box which contained leaflets on what to do if you find a suspicous package