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TIL Kanye West had an autobiographical project and wanted Danny McBride to play him in it

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nVEW TIL Violent, often fatal, attacks on homeless Americans outnumber all other categories of hate crimes combined.
n8M7 TIL that in many states, it’s completely legal to ride in the bed of a truck or trunk of a car, and in many others, it’s restricted in other ways(over 18 only, etc.)
J408 TIL that, during the conquest of Mexico and due to lack of gunpowder, three Spanish conquistadors climbed the Popocatépetl volcano (17,802 ft/5,426 m) and hung themselves using ropes into the crater to get sulfur for their cannons and succeded. Six times.
Z8Oeo TIL while bombing Munich, a B17 got 2 engines knocked out & was denied permission to land in Switzerland. On the flight back to UK the crew jettisoned anything weighty, including their parachutes. They lost another engine but landed in Dover. The plane had 600 Bullet Holes
kbZm TIL that the vault at Fort Knox has an escape tunnel in case somebody gets locked in.