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

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xVrng TIL that during the Age of Exploration (1500-1800) at least 2 million sailors died from scurvy.
dN0K TIL Charles Darwin wasn’t the first choice to go on the voyage in which he theorized the Theory of Evolution. He got the spot because other candidates turned down the captain’s invitation. Meanwhile, the captain just wanted a travel buddy because commanding a ship was very stressful and lonely.
5xER TIL when Nathan Lane told his mother he was gay, she replied “I would rather you were dead”. To which Nathan said, “I knew you’d understand.”
69o7Y TIL most Japanese people eat sushi with their hands
D0gv TIL when Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that his son rests with his brave and devoted soldiers.