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TIL Muhammad Ali stopped a man from trying to kill himself (by jumping off a building) and he was originally named in honor of a white abolitionist.

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5YD58 TIL the world has a daddy issue
OGQXa TIL that the "Once More With Feeling" ep of Buffy The Vampire Slayer was left off the ballot form for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction due to a typo
NxoP TIL William Shakespeare invented the word swagger. In fact he invented over 1,700 common words that we use today, including addiction (Othello), bedazzled (The Taming of the Shrew), cold-blooded (King John), eyeball (The Tempest), and puking (As You Like It).
lRjK TIL the fastest speeding ticket ever was issued in Texas to a driver who was going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone.
5lKk TIL Gene Wilder refused to watch the 2005 remake of Willy Wonka because he didn’t want to be disappointed in Johnny Depp