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TIL when AOL 4.0 launched in 1998, they used ALL of the world’s CD production capacity for several weeks

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VDwm TIL of the Ocoee Massacre, on election day 1920 over 50 to 60 African Americans were killed when one African American man attempted to vote.
1vGO TIL In South Park’s first season’s, when high-profile celebs offered to be on the show, Parker and Stone purposefully gave them small, non-speaking parts. Jerry Seinfeld withdrew his offer to be on the show when he was given the role of Turkey #2 in the Thanksgiving episode.
p81rA TIL that Julius Caesar's last words were not "Et tu, Brutus?" but instead "Kai su, teknon?" meaning "You too, child?" in ancient Greek.
XE7Lj TIL In 1838, a man stopped on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris to get his boots cleaned. He and the cleaner stood still for at least seven minutes on the street, and accidentally became the first people in history to be photographed.
JbEk TIL That Conan O'Brien pranked Bill Cosby when he was 19. He wanted to meet Cosby, so he created a fake award for Cosby to accept.