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TIL that Ice Cube’s good day rapped about in his song “good day” was calculated to be 01/20/1992. Events such as the Lakers defeating the super Sonics along with the advent of beepers “beep from Kim” all helped in narrowing on the exact date.

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M7gg8 TIL that the first ever contestant voted out of survivor died of suicide a few weeks after leaving the show
VM5yZ TIL of Brian Zimmerman, who gained national attention in 1983 for being elected mayor of Crabb, Texas, a town outside of Houston, at the age of 11. He won in a landslide with 23 out of only 30 votes cast. He ran on formally incorporating the town to avoid annexation, but was unsuccessful.
PG4O TIL Henry Johnson, the “Black Death”, was awarded the Purple Heart in 1996, Distinguished Service Cross in 2002, and the Medal of Honor in 2015. He died penniless in 1929 after his wife and children left because he couldn’t work due to his injuries.
ANDra TIL there is an earthquake zone in southern Missouri, and there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake there in the early 1800s. The nature of the bedrock there means quakes can shake an area 20x bigger than quakes in California. There is a 1 in 10 probability of another in the next 50 years
LkdV9 TIL about a group of 8 people who mistakenly snorted pure LSD crystals which they thought was cocaine, resulting in what is probably the largest LSD overdose ever and 5 of the 8 going into a state of coma. (Article continues on the next pages)