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TIL that Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to ever win the Pulitzer Price. This is the first time the award has gone to non-classical or non-jazz musical work.

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DPvv TIL: On April 1st 1974 in Alaska, Oliver Bikar set a 100 tire fire alight inside the crater of extinct volcano Mount Edgecumbe. Upon arrival an investigating Coast Guard helicopter found April Fool’s written in 50 ft high letters.
Wk1oX TIL Serial Killers are more likely to have suffered a head injury as a child than non-serial killers.
xVkG1 TIL As a part of Guatemala's elite Kaibiles military program, "each prospect must take care of a puppy for the two months of training and then kill it and eat it to teach themselves that the ultimate loyalty on the battlefield is survival".
PLme TIL Fidel Castro survived 638 assassination attempts ranging from fungal-infected scuba diving suits to exploding cigars.
nW9pd TIL Water has a density anomaly: Up to 4°C, its density actually increases. Warmer water is denser which makes it go down. That's why ice forms at the top of lakes, which insulates the rest of the water body, thereby protecting the aquatic life during harsh winters.