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TIL there are only 2 Nascar drivers to graduate from college

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e0Prn TIL In the original airing of the Simpsons episode "Team Homer", there is a shot of a trophy case holding an Academy Award Homer has stolen from actor Haing S. Ngor. Ngor was murdered a month after airing, and was changed for syndication due to it implying Homer murdered Ngor to steal the statue.
aweJJ TIL that the blue whale's penis has its own separate wiki page.
8agrV TIL of David Douglas: A Scottish botanist/explorer who became the first mountaineer in America. When climbing Mauna Kea in Hawaii he fell (or was pushed) into a pit trap with spikes. A bull then fell on top of him, crushing him to death.
KYJlG TIL the worker who loaded the hazardous materials onto ValuJet 592, causing a fire and crash, is still wanted by the FBI (Reward)
EgMWP TIL that in 1853, linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim and made the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is required of all Muslims. He later wrote a book about his experiences.