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TIL the white Bronco O.J. Simpson was driving in when he was captured is now available for rent for birthday parties and such.

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VV4 TIL of Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner who was involved in a fatal plane crash in 1931 and was wrongly pronounced dead upon first being discovered. It took 2 years for her to regain the ability to walk again, but in 1936 she rejoined the US Olympic relay team and took home the gold medal.
VjZ TIL that a couple who was having sex in a SkyDome (now know as Rogers Center) hotel room was televised on the scoreboard Jumbotron during a baseball game.
jBDQ TIL: People with too high IQ can be barred from becoming a cop
8n8L TIL Sylvester Stallone directed the Bee Gee’s “Staying Alive” music video in 1977
BmnD TIL that on the 2013 Blu-ray of “Matilda”, they included a clip of the infamous chocolate cake scene reenacted with all the original actors at a reunion party