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TIL that Riga built a community for blind people

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QJAae TIL 90% of the population of the Americas died after first contact, making it the largest mass death in history with 10% of the global population dying.
ZVP4 TIL Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and many other rappers collaborated on a record called “The Ocarina of Rhyme”, which used Zelda music as beats.
neprB TIL the first operation in history where the long-distance radio-controlled explosions were used for military purposes was when Red Army blew up the historic center of Kiev in September 1941. Together with civilians
R5gpw TIL Jim Gordon, founding member of Derek & The Dominoes, prolific studio drummer (Beach Boys, Byrds, C,S & N, Elvis, Nilsson, Stone Poneys, Tom Petty, Ronstadt, Lennon, Harrison, and more) developed schizophrenia, and beat his 72 year old mother to death with a hammer and knife. He is still in jail.
QrmX TIL: When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for the role as Joey Tribbiani he only had $11. When the cast got their paychecks, the first thing he bought was a hot dinner.