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Today I Learned that TMZ gets its name from the 'Thirty Mile Zone' around Hollywood which is considered 'local' and is all about union rules and money.

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oBOB8 TIL about Bart King, one of the greatest cricketers of all time was an American; The Times (UK) even ran an obituary when he died!
ODj1 TIL A small number of prostitutes in Majengo, a slum in Nairobi, have shown an immunity to AIDS. In the past 30 years, one prostitute named Agnes, has had unprotected sex with approximately 2,000 infected men and still shows no signs of the disease.
a8kLA TIL that "Shemomechama" is a Georgian word meaning "I accidentally ate the whole thing."
XOQj TIL the British tabloid The Sun heavily criticized Prime Minister Gordon Brown for misspelling the name of a deceased soldier in a letter of condolence to his mother. Brown apologized, and The Sun soon had to post an apology of its own for similarly misspelling the soldier’s name.
l7jNr TIL Kenny Lofton and Tim Stoddard are the only two athletes to have played in both a Men's NCAA Final Four and an MLB World Series game. They are also both alumni of East Chicago Washington High School