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TIL that LFMAO is a uncle-nephew duo. The two are separated by 11 years in age and they are son and grandson of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

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VMvZ4 TIL one of the founders of The Church of Jediism was removed from a Tesco supermarket in North Wales for refusing to remove his hood on a religious basis. The owner justified Jones's ejection by saying, "Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods."
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