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TIL that after his wife Julia's death in 2024, Bill Reagan of the Reagan Outdoor Advertising commissioned over 300 billboards across the USA to commemorate her life

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rRmow TIL that actor Adam Devine almost died in 1995, when he got run over by a 42 ton cement truck and went into a 2 week coma.
rRLDx TIL that Ted Jorgenson abandoned his son shortly after his birth. A reporter managed to find Ted, who owns a bike shop, and asked about his son. He had no clue who his son was, and upon refreshing his memory Ted asked if he's still alive. His son ended up being the richest man on earth, Jeff Bezos.
VXwD TIL that the word “jazz” is a derivative of the west african word “jasm/jism” which means semen, also where the word “jizz” comes from
loL6a TIL in Japanese folklore there's a yokai called Karakasa kozō who's a bouncing one-eyed umbrella that sneaks up on people and licks them.
E1vpo TIL about Spinal Track, a nonprofit specializing in giving disabled drivers the opportunity to operate high performance vehicles on a track or off-road. Co-founded by Nathalie McGloin, the only female tetraplegic racing driver in the world