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TIL that 2 out of the 3 members of LFO (Lyte Funky Ones) have passed away. Rich Cronin at 36 and Devin Lima at 41.

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eMnJ TIL in 1993 a student at UPenn was charged with violating the university’s racial harassment policy after calling a black woman a “water buffalo”. The university claimed it was racist: “a water buffalo is a dark primitive animal that lives in Africa.” Water Buffaloes come from Asia.
KO7La TIL although considered a once in a generation genius and having contributed an ungodly amount of research towards theoretical physics, Stephen Hawking never received the Nobel prize because his work was theoretical. Apparently it has to be proven to be awarded.
v1o6L TIL that when songwriter John Loudermilk's 1956 song "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" became a huge hit, the manufacturer sent him a custom 100 lb Baby Ruth candy bar, which he took to an orphanage and they cut it up with an ax to distribute to the children.
wLno1 TIL 100 years ago, the University of Denver and School of Mines had a rivalry so intense it escalated to armed students, prisoners, and dynamite bombings until the Governor intervened
Y7XlA TIL: In2008 Charles III paid the £453 debt his name sake Charles II incured in 1651 for outfitting his army with uniforms