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TIL that Isaac Hayes's, the voice of Chef from South Park, decision to leave the show was actually made by his entourage, all of whom were ardent Scientologists, and that it was made after Hayes suffered a stroke, leaving him unable to make such decisions on his own

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rNYZw TIL of Solomon Lefschetz, a mathematician who lost both of his hands in an industrial accident. He would go on to revolutionize algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.
p8knA TIL Larry Hillblom, the H of DHL, regularly took "sex safari" trips to Asia to prey on underage girls. When he died in a plane crash, 4 of the illegitimate children he fathered were able to claim $50 million each from his estate.
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g6l9 TIL that the old McDonald’s coffee spoon was discontinued because it was used widely for drug measurement and intranasal delivery.