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TIL The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z, DMX, and Busta Rhymes all went to the same high school, at the same time

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7opp TIL in 1999, James Saville was arrested and charged with plotting to kill Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt.
rNyR0 TIL; Smoking was allowed on airline flights up until the late 80s.
Eynp TIL Some warships used to be painted like optical illusions to disrupt enemies depth perception
D1eOe TIL The Black Panthers started what later became U.S.'s School Breakfast Program which feeds nearly 13 million students every day.
Bg6ge TIL of Slavic 'pseudo-deities': pagan Gods who were made up by medieval chroniclers and 19th century romantics who wanted to give the Slavs a mythology like that of Ancient Greece and Rome