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TIL Rapper Tupac’s ashes were mixed with weed and smoked by the members of his hip-hop band.

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4kB96 TIL in the 1950s and 1960s trucks with fogging machines that sprayed DDT would be driven through American streets to kill mosquitoes and children would run behind the trucks to play in the thick fog that was created. In 1972, DDT was banned in the United States.
oRv5W TIL Steve Jobs bought multiple houses across the country to increase his chances of receiving organ donation.
xVXg TIL That there are Doctor Who easter eggs in Rugrats (and it is also widly speculated Tommy is based off the Doctor).
jAWn TIL that the most severe capital punishment in Ancient China was the “Nine familial exterminations”, which involved executing the offender, his parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, uncles, and uncles’ spouses.
9w7Wp TIL of the 1950's Quiz Show Scandal. It was discovered that several televised quiz shows were fixing the winners, leading to public outrage. In response, Congress passed a federal law that outlaws any contest or game with "prearranged or predetermined" winners or an "intent to deceive the audience."