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TIL that Bulgarians are descendants of the migratory bolghars

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wLm66 TIL that Hindu genealogy registers are kept by the Pandits in Haridwar, India. Some of them stretch across centuries, tracing family history of up to twenty prior generations. These registers are considered sacrosanct and have been used to settle legal disputes relating to inheritance.
OG9vX TIL the reputed founder of the Outlaws MC (the oldest outlaw biker club in the world) was killed in a shootout in the 1970's during a power struggle between a faction of members who preferred to drink beer and a faction who preferred to smoke marijuana.
0wZLL TIL the town of Blowout, Texas, got its name when lightning struck a cave and ignited thousands of tons of ammonia-rich bat shit inside it
yQWoa TIL that Dave Thomas, founder and chief executive officer of fast-food restaurant Wendy's, was born to a young unmarried woman he never knew. Thomas also dropped out of high school to work full-time and did not graduate until 1993, when he obtained a GED.
Y7E7P TIL in order to prove to Sony that The Social Network would be under 2 hours despite the length of Aaron Sorkin's script (162 pages instead of the typical 120), director David Fincher timed Sorkin reading it out loud, which took 1 hour & 59 minutes. The final runtime was the same. (25:46-26:58)