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

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X0ZLE TIL Before earning a living as a writer, Octavia E. Butler once worked as a potato chip inspector.
oeKK TIL that Edinburgh Castle is so old that by the time of the first definite mention of it in literature its founding was already shrouded in myth and legend.
KO96E TIL Ian Fleming was told by his doctor that gin was damaging to his health (Fleming loved gin so much he would drink a pint every day). The doctor then suggested something relatively less damaging to Fleming's health: bourbon.
N7GL1 TIL that the cause of death of famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is believed to be from a bladder infection after politeness kept him from excusing himself to use the bathroom during a royal banquet in October 1601, causing his bladder to rupture.He died 11 days later.
l71oA TIL Acronyms are pronounced as if it were a word like “SARS.” Unlike initialisms like “ATM” which are pronounced using the names of its letters.