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TIL that the phrase "Friends of Bill W" is a dogwhistle meaning members of Alcoholics Anonymous, after the organization's co-founder Bill Wilson.

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loyaK TIL that there is a Guinness World Record for the tallest stack of M&M's. Will Cutbill currently holds the record of 5 M&M’s.
4Log TIL that Martin Luther King, Sr. was one of several members of the Morehouse College board of trustees held hostage on the campus by a group of students that included Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson was suspended for his actions.
e40g TIL the Chernobyl power plant didn’t go completely off line until the year 2000
eRVg TIL James D. French was an American murderer who was put to death in 1966 by the electric chair. His last words were: “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries’”.
woM56 TIL In a 2012 interview, Max Von Sydow claimed that Ingmar Bergman contacted him from beyond the grave to prove there was an afterlife.