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TIL there’s a 47 year old burger encased in resin that’s archived in the Alberta Legislature Building

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gMlaD TIL that Eminem suspected Kendrick Lamar was using a ghostwriter. He invited Kendrick to his house, and insisted he wrote a verse, in a room, alone. After he heard the end product, he said Kendrick was the best rapper he'd met.
yXDa TIL there was a movie made 4 years before 9/11 that condemned the incompetency of government officials to prevent the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center towers from happening again; it’s called “Path to Paradise” (1997).
8ak0a TIL that JRR Tolkien did not like the title The Return of the King as he felt it revealed too much of the story. He preferred The War of the Ring.
KOpYG TIL Roger Moore was older than Sean Connery and was 45 years old when he first took over as a "younger" James Bond.
NXaoQ TIL: Eight Chinese men were on board the Titanic. Six survived the sinking, but when they arrived in New York they were deported within 24 hours because of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Their story was largely erased from history until recently rediscovered.