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TIL Miranda from Lizzie McGuire was arrested in 2007 for meth possession.

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N7B8Q TIL, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame has never done cocaine and stopped doing drugs at 20.
X05nP TIL: Lutz Long a Nazi German long jumper who shared training tips to Jesse Owens and was the first to congratulate him despite being in in full view of Adolf Hitler
GA1Q4 TIL a 2003 publication by the Infectious Diseases Society of America noted that The Andromeda Strain is the "most scientifically accurate of all films of this [killer virus] genre ... it accurately details the appearance of a deadly agent, its impact, and the efforts at containing it.
LMj0 TIL that Quintessential, meaning “the most perfect example of” comes from the latin “quinta” & “essentia” which is literally…The Fifth Element.
XEeG6 TIL in 2005, Facebook hired graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals in their new office space. Choe accepted Facebook shares instead of a cash payment, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his shares were valued at $200 million.