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TIL the creator of Pimp My Ride was convicted of murdering his wife.

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oRevo TIL Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee Bubbles is still alive, and lives in the Center for Great Apes sanctuary in Florida, where his care is paid for by Jackson's estate
oB6go TIL a meteor had fallen in the kingdom of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and on it someone had written "The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided." When he heard this, he sent someone to investigate who did it, and when no one admitted, all the people living nearby the meteor were killed.
x605w TIL in the US there was an "oyster craze" of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Due to advances in oyster farm technology, between 1880 and 1910, as many as 160 million pounds of oysters were harvested a year, and in 1909 the price per pound fell to less than half of beef.
4NjR TIL the Nazis planned to have the Native Americans rebel against the US government, after which the Nazis would give the Native Americans back their land.
d8Lgj TIL 2 billion years a natural nuclear reactor existed in Gabon, and it is the only natural reactor we know the existence of today