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

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8elmL TIL Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants, once thought isolated from the rest of the world for 45,000 years, have genetic markers showing mass migration from India 4,000 years ago, which also coincides with the first appearance of dingos on the island-continent
M7AwV TIL the Letters Q, W, and X were ince illegal in Turkey
V76D TIL: Burglars in the US usually are drug users, break in during daylight, and are acquainted with their victims.
ERBd TIL of the word “aptronym”, used for a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner, and its opposite, “inaptronym”. Examples of inaptronyms are Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top to not have a beard, and Donald Black, white supremacist.
R7VB7 TIL of William of Orange, a war pigeon from British Intelligence service MI14. In 1944, he delivered a message which saved more than 2000 soldiers.