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TIL that both members of the band Outkast André3000 and Big Boi have André in their name

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9Wam TIL that after his daughter’s killer went on the run, a 76-year-old hired 2 men to find, kidnap and turn him over to the authorities. The dad then received a one-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
nWgGY TIL that in 1967, Salvador Dalí designed 500 ashtrays for Air India—in exchange for a live baby elephant.
vP5b4 TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
grD5A TIL actor William Shatner passed a kidney stone, but recovered and soon returned to work. Shatner sold his kidney stone in 2006 for $75,000 to GoldenPalace.com. The money went to a housing charity, and a home was built for a family which had lost theirs in Hurricane Katrina.
Wk7yN TIL that British govt in India also promoted caste system by segregating people as martial and non-martial. Also, they designated people of certain castes criminals by birth