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TIL: Dr. Dre's brother's murder has never been solved and there's virtually no information on his case.

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kOZlg TIL a fluffer is a person employed to keep a porn performer's penis erect on the set. These duties are considered part of the makeup department. While fluffing does not necessarily involve touching the actors, it could entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex
wP4Y TIL that the the ‘zero’ was invented by an Indian mathematician Aryabhata
WkJjL TIL In 2014, black taxi cab drivers brought parts of London to a standstill, protesting against Uber. This led to an 850% increase in downloads of Uber.
R58ow TIL about Mansa Musa, 9th Mansa of the Mali Empire and candidate for richest person in history. Mansa Musa presided over Mali's 14th Century golden age, when it traded across the Sahara with Europe and Egypt and made Timbuktu a centre of Islamic learning and scholarship.
4ObN TIL that a man with debilitating allergies and asthma flew to Cameroon, walked around in feces to deliberately infect himself with hookworms. The hookworms cured him of his symptoms