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TIL Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, Busta Rhymes, and DMX all attended the same high school

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0mDA TIL Wim Hof, nicknamed the Iceman, can immerse himself in ice and keep his core temperature the same. He ran a full marathon above the polar circle in −20 °C, in nothing but shorts.
Bg0MK TIL the Nigerian government banned the Communist Party of Nigeria in 1966
VBMBk TIL Sony Pictures Entertainment admitted that a highly positive review written by a critic named David Manning to the 2000 American epic historical war film The Patriot, was a product of the studio’s advertising department, as the reviewer never existed.
GZO7 TIL Kars 4 Kids, invests less than half of their donations to Kids, and instead loses millions on failed real estate holdings and religious conversion day camps. They’re being investigated by the attorney general’s office in two states.
epOR6 TIL Soviet officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who spoke perfect German, penetrated German lines by posing as a German officer. He heard the first report of Operation Long Jump existing from a drunk SS officer (Nazi plan to kill/kidnap Stalin, Churchill & FDR at the Tehran conference). Soviets ended the plot