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TIL that comedian Ron White of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour was an Executive Producer of the 2013 documentary film ‘Bridegroom’, which centered around a man who was unable to attend the funeral of his same-sex fiance following his tragic accidental death.

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Wkak8 TIL that the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) sect of Judaism and the Quaker sect of Christianity are both named after the exact same word (Isaiah 66:2): "Yet to such a one I look: To the poor and brokenhearted, who 'quakes' (חָרֵד in the original Hebrew, pronounced 'hared') before my word"
m8oy TIL the kid who played opposite Will Ferrell in Everything Must Go is Biggie Small’s son.
kJwAe TIL about Western Sahara, the last African colony without its independence. After the U.N. pressured Spain to give the colony up in the 1970s they agreed to joint governance with two neighboring countries, only to trigger an uprising by the region's residents. The government is still disputed today.
vP1wL TIL In 1978 a drunk guy tripping on LSD tried to blow up a dam in Nashville TN w/ his friends in order to loot the submerged town with through the use of scuba diving equipment
Me6g8 TIL 2% of scientists admitted to falsifying, fabricating, or modifying data at least once