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TIL DMX avoided a maximum jail term for tax fraud when his lawyer played his song "Slippin'" for the judge in order to show X's struggles and how bad his upbringing was.

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Brj9r TIL the margarita so named because it is based on a popular Mexican drink, the Daisy. "Margarita" is Spanish for "daisy".
ZZp TIL Andy and Red’s opening chat in the Shawshank Redemption, in which Red is throwing a baseball, took 9 hours to shoot. Morgan Freeman threw the ball all 9 hours and returned for work the next day with his arm in a sling.
LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
DQg1v TIL the Moon is not cold and solid, it has a hot, liquid-iron outer core at the centre
1aRwD TIL The orange carrot was first cultivated in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Prior to this, all carrots known to the world were white, yellow and purple varieties.