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TIL Ol Dirty Bastard from the Wu-tang Clan helped lift a ford mustang off of a 4 year old girl who was just in a car accident. Using a false name he visited the girl frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.

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PYZEn TIL that in order to appease Persia for killing their ambassadors, Sparta sent two young noblemen volunteers, Bulis and Sperthias, to offer themselves to be executed in atonement. Xerxes sent the men back, saying that he would not sink to Sparta's level and did not consider Sparta's guilt loosened.
XEPk6 TIL that Leonard Nimoy’s son is married to the actress who played Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space 9
WkV8A TIL Raccoons are an invasive species in Central Europe and Japan
9LoG TIL that due to incredibly high pressure on Uranus and Neptune, it is theorized that oceans of liquid diamond exist on the surface of the planet, with solid “diamond-bergs” floating on the surface
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