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TIL Jacksonian Democrat William Rives looks just like Freddie Mercury

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gbmA TIL that Mr. T’s wearing of gold chains and other jewelry was a result of customers losing or leaving them after a fight at the club where he worked as a bouncer. He would stand out front wearing the items in case people who was kicked out came looking for them. He was a living lost and found
0d9N TIL that there’s a muffin stand in San Francisco called Double or Muffin. You buy a muffin and then flip a coin. Get heads and you get another muffin for free. Tails and you just keep the muffin you bought. Double, or muffin.
QK5L TIL that an FBI agent a.k.a “Donnie Brasco” infiltrated the mob for 6 years to the point that he was going to be “made” but was pulled out because his superiors decided that the operation was becoming too dangerous.
6AEl TIL There is a cloud of alcohol in space spanning 288 billion miles; contains enough to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
nejd9 TIL Prince used an image of Dave Chappelle dressed as him on the cover of his 2013 single, "Breakfast Can Wait". When asked about it Chappelle said, "What am I going to do - sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him?...That's checkmate right there."