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TIL: Black men make up 5% of population, 50% of murder convictions

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N7rB8 TIL Disney had to change the name of the popular cartoon "Moana" in Italy, due to the possible confusion with the vintage Italian pornstar, Moana Pozzi.
LQLjZ TIL that Mr Fantastic originally first met invisible woman (his wife) when she was twelve and he was in college. Marvel understandably retconned this decades later.
n0Jr TIL that Lady Jane Grey was executed simply for being related to Henry VIII and for being nominated Queen by her cousin. Even the executioner asked for her forgiveness before carrying out the beheading.
jEOQ TIL in 2005, an 8-yr old boy’s 14-yr old female babysitter initiated sexual contact with him and the district attorney filed charges against the child boy, not the teenage girl.
MKgb TIL: in 1985 Father-In-Law of Howard Schultz sat him down to say “My daughter’s 7 months pregnant and it’s time her husband forgot his hobby and got a real job.” When Howard told his wife she said “No, we’re going to do it.” In 1986 the Schultz’s opened their 1st coffee bar and called it Starbucks