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TIL Stephen Colbert once took over a public access cable show in Michigan to interview Eminem on the air

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jd6X TIL Genghis Khan’s chief adviser was a captured scholar named Yelu Chucai. His contribution to the Mongol Empire was to suggest that the Mongols not kill everyone, but tax them instead.
bBXj TIL the Soviets space program didn’t only put the first man in space, but also the first women, space station, space rover and had the first (unmanned) soft landing on any body other than earth
Z8dlB TIL That in 2003, famous skateboarder Rodney Mullen's right femur and hip began to fuse together. Doctors were wary of treatment, so Mullen used homemade instruments to attack the scar tissue and eventually one night, while twisting himself within the wheelwell of his truck, broke free.
E1pWp TIL That Moff Gideon was in Sesame Street
a8roN TIL about 20% of all classified mammal species can fly, because there’s over 1,200 species of bats.