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TIL when Eminem heard Ice Ice Baby for the first time, he “felt like he didn’t want to rap anymore.”

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nee9P TIL Salvador Dali made a painting for Riker’s Island prison in New York, which was eventually moved away from inmates, only to be stolen by guards.
XEkP TIL that the perpetrators of the “Diamond Heist of the Century” got past 10 layers of security, including infrared heat detectors, Doppler radar, a magnetic field, a seismic sensor, and a lock with 100 million possible combinations – and to this day no one knows how
aK5A TIL A Michigan rock collector found an impressive 93 lb. Petoskey stone in Lake Michigan in 2015, only to have it promptly confiscated by authorities. The stone violated a Michigan law that states no more than 25 pounds of rocks or minerals can be taken from the Great Lakes per year.
XEvm6 TIL lawns take up a roughly equally sized area of the US as Texas does
lo6Za TIL longtime Nintendo president and owner Heroshi Yamauchi also owned the Seattle Mariners baseball team for over 20 years but never went to a game.