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TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a well known drag queen in the San Francisco area

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Ypv9P TIL Watermelon is the official state vegetable of Oklahoma.
wLn5Y TIL that in 1642, Connecticut settler George Spencer was suspected of bestiality when a local pig birthed a piglet that resembled Spencer. He confessed, and they hanged both George and the pig. Another settler was later convicted of the same crime, named Thomas Hogg.
LG9 TIL that Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s were founded by the same guy.
9o77 TIL that Billy Joel’s hit song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ was in response to an acquaintance who said that nothing happened in the 1950s.
pP9Q TIL to crack down on alcohol related violence, organizers restricted the amount of alcohol campers could take to Australia’s biggest car race, the Bathurst 1000. To 24 cans. Per person. Per day.