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TIL in 2004 Eminem co-executive produced the Tupac album Loyal to the Game with Pac's mom, Afeni Shakur. Em showed his gratitude to Afeni by sending her a drawing of Pac & a heartfelt letter. He told her that Pac inspired his whole career & thanked her for the opportunities that she afforded him.

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9YAvM TIL that when Cato the Younger attempted suicide in secret to avoid capture by Caesar, his sword missed any vital organs, slicing open his stomach. When he awoke to a doctor stitching him up, Cato pushed him away, tore out his intestines with his bare hands, and died on the spot.
j6P6R TIL the Law and Order "chungt chungt" sound includes samples of hundreds of Japanese men thumping their feet on a wooden floor- and its creator makes money every time it's played
4X1aw TIL about Andy Hartley Payne, who was the winner of the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928 to promote U.S. Route 66. He ran the 3,423.5 mi route from Los Angeles to New York City, much of it along U.S. Route 66, in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds over an 84-day staged run.
8ebDb TIL James Cameron pitched the sequel to Ridley Scott's "Alien" by walking straight to a whiteboard, writing "Alien" on it, adding an "s" to it to write "Aliens," and then added two vertical lines to the "s" to transform it into "Alien$."
1aMJ7 TIL Through 1970 to 1971 TV networks cancelled some of their most popular and profitable shows including Green Acres, Lassie, Hee-Haw and The Beverly Hillbillies in what is often referred to as The Rural Purge.