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TIL Terry Crews received a scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, a prestigious art school. His first job in entertainment was drawing courtroom sketches for the worst murder case in Flint, Michigan history. The murder who had killed six people was also named Terry.

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9YXpM TIL: During the transition from The Soviet Union to Russia, the CSKA, (The Central Red Army Hockey Club) were financially broke. They were saved from bankruptcy by a joint venture between the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Red-Army, Mario Lemieux and actor Michael J. Fox.
D1G4p TIL that a 10yo American Girl became penpals with a 54yo South American Dictator
e0p64 TIL that Iran's government subsides gender reassignment surgery and considers sex change surgery to be acceptable
pYn9Z TIL of the Gold Sock Killer, a unidentified Floridian serial killer active only in 1973 who got his moniker for strangling his victims to death with socks; however, a gold-colored sock was only used in two murders.
BgrXd TIL rapper Immortal Technique used to bully playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda in high school