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TIL in 1994, 17 year old Rashida Jones (aka Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec) wrote an open letter addressing 2Pac's scathing remarks about her parents' interracial marriage. After working things out, he became friends with Rashida and her family, and went on to date Rashida's sister prior to his death.

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MejNV TIL about hypnagogia, the transition between wakefulness and sleep during which many hallucinations can occur, including the sensation of being bigger/smaller than yourself, floating, or falling.
LQYxZ TIL A South African Nationalist group called Ossewabrandwag, which included future PM John Vorster, strongly objected to South Africa's participation in WWII. They planned an uprising that was only abandoned for lack of weapons and conducted multiple acts of sabotage during the war.
loYgA TIL the University of Montreal attempted to conduct a study in 2009 on male pornography consumption but was unable to put together a control group because they were unable to find men who had never watched porn
16QGW TIL a dude in the middle ages wrote a book claiming that witches were stealing men's penises, putting them in a nest, feeding them oats, and keeping them as pets. He was in part responsible for starting the European witch trials.
XgPP TIL Gandhi believed women who were raped lost their value as human beings & condoned honor killings. He also labelled women who used contraceptives “whores.” Towards the end of his life, he moderated his views.