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TIL that the common human silhouette found on many traffic/information signs is unofficially referred to as "Helvetica Man", due to its near-universal acceptance.

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9wp1r TIL of Lt. Col William Rankin. In 1959 he was forced to eject from the F-8 jet he was flying. He ejected over a thunderstorm, and the fluctuations of air pressure caused his parachute to open prematurely. As a result he was carried aloft in the thunderstorm for over 40 minutes before landing.
JaRj TIL the white Bronco O.J. Simpson was driving in when he was captured is now available for rent for birthday parties and such.
jN8JR TIL that a catholic altar boy born in Boston dropped out of school, came to Jamaica and then join an Ethiopian Zion Church which he further transformed into an international drug network. The organization was later indicted in Florida for smuggling over 100 tons of marijuana.
oRPWK TIL even though Elijah Muhammad's many infidelities with his personal secretaries were used as a reason for Malcolm X's break from the Nation of Islam, Malcolm started his own affair with a secretary from his OAAU organization that lasted until his assassination.
LByV TIL Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) gave Scientology $10,000,000