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TIL actor Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, Adolescence) is a quarter Jamaican.

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l1DV TIL there is a 15 million year gap in the fossil record called “Romer’s Gap”
LkyMP TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".
EJXP TIL that in the late 1600s London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout “Spanko!” before running away
VM574 TIL Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street) and Stratton Oakmont's suit against Prodigy led to the development of Section 230 of the CDA
00Zy TIL that Screamin’ Jay Hawkins had so many illegitimate offspring that a website has been set up to identify them all