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TIL that the relationship and affair described in Usher’s “Confessions” and “Confessions Part II” weren’t actually his own, but those of his producer, Jermaine Dupri.

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gBQ7 TIL During his trial, Manson stood up and displayed a newspaper with the headline “Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares.” After polling the jurors, the judge was satisfied they would remain impartial and the trial resumed. The lawyer who left the newspaper within Manson’s reach was jailed for three days.
b6Z1E TIL our brains paralyze our muscles while we’re dreaming so we don’t physically act out what we’re doing in our dreams. Fascinating.
AoRa TIL Many European zoologists believed that birds hibernated under the sea or flew to the moon in winter until 1822, when a stork was found in Germany with an arrow from Central Africa embedded in its neck, providing the first clear evidence of migration.
pRYp TIL The Janitor from “Scrubs” was meant to be part of JD’s imagination in the first season, as a finale twist if the show was cancelled, which is why he does not interact with any other cast members that season.
gMeMy TIL gilligan's island was axed to make the network president's wife happy