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TIL that Suge Knight played in the NFL for the Rams

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9mvD TIL that ‘The Princess Bride’ had a proposed sequel of which one chapter was written called 'Buttercup’s Baby.’ It involved the kidnapping of the baby and ended with Fezzik sacrificing his life to save her.
vPwJ7 TIL Stephen Hawking’s speech-generating device used a default American accent because he preferred it over a British one. Even when offered a modernized voice, he stuck with it, calling it his “trademark” and joking it made him sound more authoritative.
YpEvZ TIL that April 11, 1954 was calculated to be "The Most Boring Day in History". It featured only a handful of newsworthy events in the entire world.
6ER77 TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater
0xV5 TIL there’s a domestic cat breed called the Pixie-bob that looks like a miniature Bobcat, and has a personality/behavior that’s often described as being dog-like.