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Today I learned of the Tulsa race massacre, white mobs targeted a black community and 36 people were killed.

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v1KD TIL The castle they used to film Winterfell in the Game of Thrones was the same castle they used to film Castle Anthrax in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
N7vwJ TIL Bath Abbey church in England had up to an estimated 6,000 people buried under it which caused voids to form and put the church floors in danger of collapse. A church rep said "they just jammed them in and jammed them in — it would have been very unpleasant to put it mildly."
jVbR TIL that when Vin Diesel made a cameo in “Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift”, in lieu of payment he demanded the rights to the Riddick character.
E18YP TIL That at the premiere of the Good Omens TV series, a front row seat was left empty in tribute to Terry Pratchett. His trademark scarf and hat were placed on it, and there was a bag of popcorn- Neil Gaiman said that Terry wanted to sit next to him and eat popcorn if an Omens movie ever happened.
LQ0xm TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%.