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TIL Dr. Dre didn’t know Eminem was white until they met in person

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pYn0O TIL that in 2006, footballer Ashley Cole sued 2 tabloids for alleging he participated in a homosexual orgy, and was criticized by a former teammate for publishing an autobiography when he was only 25 years old.
P1nVO TIL you can have a negative magnitude earthquake. Magnitude calcs are based on logarithmic scale so a ten-fold drop in amplitude decreases the magnitude by 1. If an amplitude of 20 mm as measured on seismic signal corresponds to a magnitude 2 earthquake then 1000 times less (0.02 mm) is mag -1.
78nbb TIL that lead, a notorious neurotoxin, was used as a sweetener in Ancient Rome, having been confirmed to cause the death of Pope Clement II
KLmw TIL that in 2001, while making Queen Elizabeth’s new Jaguar bomb-proof, pornography and a swastika were found under a seat panel. This was done to cars at the company commonly as tradition, because they were never meant to actually be found.
e0oYE TIL the US Gov’t was Found Guilty In Cᴏnspiracy To Assassinate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.