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TIL that in 2010 3 burglars who thought they had found a stash of cocaine ended up snorting the ashes of a man and his two great danes

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eXog TIL the last scene in the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, “Papa Got a Brand New Excuse” was completely unscripted. The character was meant to shrug off his dad leaving, but Will got emotional thinking about his friends who grew up without a father and broke down in tears.
VM4MB TIL Robert A Heinlein challenged readers' possible racial preconceptions by writing strong, sympathetic characters, only to reveal later that they are of African or other ancestry.
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