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TIL that Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard was the first person in California arrested under the then new law against being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest.

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R7p88 TIL Black Bears are killed for their skins to make Marge Simpson type hats for the Queen's Guards. In 2015, they purchased 122 hats for £1,224 each. There have been calls by animal rights groups to phase out this practice.
pYZnb TIL when Texas native Stevie Ray Vaughan was in NYC in 1982 working on David Bowie’s album “Let’s Dance”, Vaughan was frustrated with the city’s BBQ. With the help of his manager, Vaughan was able to get some BBQ, packed in dry ice, delivered from Sam’s BBQ in Austin, Texas all the way to NYC.
OGVPR TIL Until the year 2000, the State of Virginia celebrated Lee-Jackson-King day, lumping two Confederate leaders in with Dr. Martin Luther King.
BgMvL TIL that Jim Carey absolutely hated filming “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
9MVp TIL ancient Egypt had many medical specialists, including proctologists which were called “shepherds of the anus”.