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TIL Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street) and Stratton Oakmont's suit against Prodigy led to the development of Section 230 of the CDA

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jNr7X TIL Kenan Thompson refused to dress in drag on "Saturday Night Live" until the show hired a black woman.
W7MyA TIL women are commonly thought to be better at shooting than men
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b6vAZ TIL that Billy Preston is the only musician, other than one of the Beatles, to be given a credit on a Beatles recording.