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TIL that the founder of the Mexican Mafia isn’t even Mexican

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m1OAo TIL a californian lady called Denise Rossi won $1.3 million in lottery, divorced her husband of 25 years without telling him about her win. He later found out and sued her for not disclosing her assets. The judge awarded him every cent of her prize.
E17Mo TIL of Kenichi Ito, a japanese athlete who holds the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters on all four limbs, setting a best time of 15.71 seconds.
9YaE7 TIL that when she first got to Hollywood, Katy Perry impersonated Zooey Deschanel to get into clubs.
l78Qa TIL when it was deemed impossible to shoot the tanker fight in The Spy Who Loved Me on an actual supertanker and no other soundstage would fit the set, Albert R Broccoli commissioned the 007 Stage, the biggest in the world at the time.
VMGQ TIL there is an island called Dildo off the coast of Canada.