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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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N7j6E TIL a number of NFL players have gotten a fatal neurodegenerative disease called ALS. Including Waters, Hazeltine, and Lewis who were all on the San Francisco 49ers roster in 1963 or 1964.
OWoX TIL that Diana Ross, who sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” lost her ex-husband to a mountain climbing accident.
947p TIL chewing of the drug Khat is so popular in Yemen that its cultivation accounts for 40% of the desert nation’s water use
jYnR TIL that soccer balls got their traditional, hexagonal, black-and-white Telstar design so that the ball could be more easily made out on black and white Television
ADjRl TIL that it is a common misconception that graves must be dug to a depth of six feet; often, graves are 30-36 inches deep. The six foot rule was implemented in 1665 during the Great Plague of London, when city officials apparently believed this would inhibit the spread of disease.