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TIL the lawyers of Rosa Parks sued Outkast in 1999.

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vPpP4 TIL John Bonham’s iconic drum sound on the Led Zeppelin version of “When the Levee Breaks” was achieved by placing his drums in the stairwell of Headley Grange, a Victorian house in Hampshire, England. The echo created a massive, thundering sound.
LQB0Q TIL Lord Byron wasn't allowed to have a dog while he was a student at Cambridge, so he kept a bear in his dorm room because the campus rules didn't forbid bears.
LEEv TIL Kim Jong-Un became Kim Jong-Il’s heir after his oldest son (Kim Jong-Nam) tried to sneak into Japan so he could go to Disneyland
VMw0Z TIL that in 1923, Frank Hayes became the first ever jockey to win a horse race despite being dead. He died from a heart attack mid-race but somehow his body stayed strapped onto the horse and he crossed the finish line in first place, beating 20-1 odds.
rRa5x TIL CS Lewis did not intend for Aslan to be an allegory of Christ, but rather an actual incarnation of Christ in Narnia. He said "Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He [Christ] would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here."