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TIL That Eminem gave Elton John two diamond studded cock rings at his wedding.

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vmOK TIL in 1981, Pope John Paul II, survived multiple close-range gun shot wounds, and went to visit the shooter in prison, where he forgave him. The shooter recently returned to the scene of the shooting to place flowers on the pope’s tomb.
oEj7 TIL jazz pianist Ryo Fukui taught himself piano when he was 22 and released his first album just 6 years later
R5ga4 TIL the Ancient Egyptians had an annual "feast of drunkenness" commemorating the time humanity was saved by beer
QBkM TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”
KZd6 TIL that in 2008 a Scottish man got sent to jail for 3 months for singing ‘SpiderPig’ from the Simpsons Move at a policeman.