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TIL Richard Pryor was bisexual and out to his friends.

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Xn4R TIL that one of the seven wonders of the world, the Temple of Artemis, was burned down by an arson who wished to be famous for his crime. Following his execution, the Ancient Greeks made it an offence subject to the death penalty to mention his name.
nmdd TIL every horse that has run in the Kentucky Derby since 1990 can trace their bloodlines back to the Belle Meade Plantation (Nashville), and most came from the same sire: Bonnie Scotland
PYxLJ TIL The band blink-182 officially named their holding company Poo Poo Butt Inc. "We did it because it was the most immature, dumbest thing ever," DeLonge said. "We thought it would be funny to have our accountants, managers and attorneys having to say that over the phone every day.”
OoGZY TIL the term music 'album' comes from the albums containing sets of 10-minute records sold prior to the invention of 40-minute LPs
WO64 TIL A woman made great contributions to Egyptology after hitting her head as a toddler and claiming to have unlocked a past life as a priestess in Ancient Egypt.