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TIL that the parents of Oscar Nunez (who played Oscar on the Office) were classmates of Fidel Castro at the University of Havana

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5YpOR TIL in 1966 a coal waste landslide of approximately 140,000 cubic yards engulfed a village in Wales, destroying a primary school and killing 116 children within minutes.
4dL5 TIL there is something called “the small penis rule” that authors use to avoid libel lawsuits: if a character is described as having a small penis, no one will want to sue and say the character is based on them.
QJm9d TIL the reason Premier League footballer Adama Traore slaps baby oil onto his arms before a match is to prevent defenders from grabbing hold of him as he outpaces them. Prior to the baby oil solution, he had dislocated his shoulder four times in one season due to this.
9w5G7 TIL A raunchy adult joke book was a bestseller during the 80s!
16A6d TIL that the largest known prime number discovered as of June 2023 is 282,589,933 − 1, a number which contains 24,862,048 digits.