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TIL about The Massacre of Black Wall Street.

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eK4 TIL that there used to be a company that you could use to print your business cards on beef jerky.
VWb8 TIL: Sabrina Erdely (the lady who wrote the Rolling Stone UVA Rape hoax) wrote a story for Rolling Stone in 2011 about a boy who was raped by 2 priests and a school teacher. All 3 were sent to jail. Turns out the story was also false.
w8BM TIL the vision of canals of Mars were a result of a malfunction of Percival Lowell’s telescope that allowed him to see the reflection of his own blood vessels.
M4da TIL the actor who played Young Anakin Skywalker, Jake Lloyd, in The Phantom Menace was constantly picked on at school by his peers for his role, it turned him off acting ever since the movie
oo1L TIL at Warped Tour concert venues, parents accompanying their children are admitted free of charge and can spend the day waiting for their children at the “Reverse Day Care” tent.