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TIL Prince released an album with Dave Chapelle dressed him from his show on the cover.

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ValB TIL just the stress of being poor is enough to lower someone’s intelligence from average to borderline mentally deficient and reduce their IQ score by 14 points on average.
Oo7wg TIL In 1973, Jackie Chan appeared in a Cameo for "Enter the Dragon", as a guard who attempts to jump Bruce Lee, but Bruce promptly kills him.
W7kDA TIL there's a fake American Wild West town in England, called Laredo, built by re-enactors, who bring it to life every other weekend.
kXX1 TIL that after running late to a class, George Dantzig copied down two problems he thought were homework and solved them. The two problems were in fact two famous unsolved problems in statistics, which later earned him his doctorate.
n5jb TIL In 1965 an engine exploded on a 707 taking 1/3rd of the wing with it but was able to land safely. When another 707 was sent to pick up all the passengers its nose gear collapsed on landing. A 3rd 707 was then sent to pick up any remaining passengers who still trusted planes at this point.