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x6pM1 TIL that the founder of “Famous Amos cookies”, Wally Amos, was also the first African American talent agent at the William Morris Agency. He would send prospective clients a batch of cookies and an invitation to talk. This would lead to his clients giving him a loan to create Famous Amos cookies.
NBW6 TIL this is how traffic happens
6E8R7 TIL in 1960, an Australian father won nearly $3 million (adjusted AU$) in the lottery, with his picture getting plastered all over the news. Shortly after, his 8-year-old son was kidnapped for ransom and eventually murdered. This changed anonymity laws for lottery winners in Australia forever.
D1JJ TIL: The United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women
gEAb TIL that the skull recovered by the Soviets that was believed to have been Adolf Hitler’s was tested in 2009 and was confirmed to be of a woman in her 30s