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TIL Tiffany Haddish’s mother Leola suffered severe brain damage in a car accident that Tiffany’s stepfather caused. He had tampered with the brakes on her mother's car, intending the wreck to kill Haddish, her siblings, and her mother so he could collect on their life insurance policies.

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9wZGr TIL The SR-71 Blackbird was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.
9Y8rD TIL of the Flint Effect. A result of cities being so delinquent in solving murders they appear to be beset by serial killers.
VBWjD TIL Anna Wintour is so avoidant of contact with her junior staff, that once one girl of her staff witnessed her trip and fall in a hallway, she walked past her without offering assistance, and was later told she "did absolutely the right thing."
7rJy7 TIL: Tensegrity Structures and how facilitating they are
95V7 TIL Mordor in LOTR is named after the old English word for ‘Murder’.