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TIL Queen Latifa is the first hip-hop artist to have a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood

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m1Zvv TIL that the 1961 film Barabbas, depicting the life of the titular Biblical figure, depicted the solar eclipse that allegedly occurred after Jesus's crucifixion by simply filming during an actual solar eclipse
AD5ka TIL that the largest Francophone metropolis in the world is not Paris, but actually Kinshasa (pop. 12.69 million), the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo
xb6D TIL that Rihanna banned fans from bringing umbrellas to her U.K. concerts. She was afraid people would get injured if fans tried to copy her dance moves with the umbrellas when she performed “Umbrella"
v1waB TIL that everyone who lives in this census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California is, by definition, a Happy Camper
Zp9xG TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint.