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TIL that Mr. T’s real name is “Laurence Tureaud”

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V8mQ TIL a 75 year old woman went into a Comcast office in 2007 and smashed it up with a hammer. Apparently she stated she had no regrets.
8elEa TIL of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 which crashed into terrain on September 11, 1974, killing 72. Among them was the VP for academic affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina and two of his sons - the father and brothers of future tv personality Stephen Colbert.
Rela TIL that, once, while on a tour bus, Busta Rhymes heard one of the songs on Eminem’s “Slim Shady EP” and got so into the music that he smashed his head on the windshield of the bus, breaking the whole windshield, because he said Eminem’s music was so compelling and powerful.
kJAbB TIL Gunkanjima is an abandoned island near Nagasaki. Once densely populated with 5,000 residents on 0.072 km2, the island town was mainly a coal mine operation until 1974 when operations ceased. Typhoons have caused structures to slowly deteriorate, further emphasizing the atmosphere of abandonment
Bg8dL TIL that two founding members of the rock band Jefferson Airplane, lead singer Signe Anderson and guitarist Paul Kantner, die​d on the same day, Jan. 28, 2016​, both at 74.