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TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a well-known drag queen in the SF area and died of AIDS in 1986.

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e0mDJ TIL about Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road - Ross went from an Eagle Scout to running a billion dollar underground drug market
x6lYD TIL the is a "white only" town in South Africa called Orania. Intended to be an ethnostate for Afrikaners and seeks independence from the rest of the country.
7rlrP TIL the 'Office Olympics' of 'The Office' was inspired by a similar real life event the 'King of the Hill' staffers played. It included 'Guess the Elevator', a Twinkie Eating contest, in which Paul Lieberstein (Toby Flenderson) placed second, and had Chuck Mangione play at the opening ceremony
kOgmW TIL Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale was reluctant to include original footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly for the Blu-Ray set because "We didn't want to make Eric feel bad". Stoltz shot for five weeks in the lead role before Michael J. Fox was picked instead
R71Y9 TIL that the United States has "more coal than the rest of the world has oil."