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TIL that hip-hop mastermind Immortal Technique established an orphanage in Afghanistan in 2008 funded by the profits from his album “The 3rd World”

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yQPRJ TIL the average age of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence was 44. On the entire list of American Revolution participants, the youngest was Andrew Jackson, aged 9, and the oldest was Samuel Whittemore, 81 as of July 4, 1776. Eight were under 18 years of age.
awpjy TIL while high on substances and during a meeting with a CBS exec in Germany, Ozzy Osbourne performed a Nazi goose-step on the executive's table before dipping his testicles in the executive's wine and then urinating in it. He only came to find out what he had done later by Sharon Osbourne.
Q0K6 TIL the US is seeking a new law requiring foreign institutions to report all assets owned by Americans which has lead to more people renouncing their citizenship in the last quarter of 2013 than the entire years of 2006-2009 combined.
p8EQ8 TIL the song Hook by the Blues Traveler is literally about nothing. The lyrics state that the words have no meaning and are completely random but the inflection and music bed is all that matters. It is a stab at producers wanting catchy $$$ making songs and in turn, became one.
0dMN5 TIL that slavery was legal in New Jersey during the Civil War. The 1860 census listed 43 slaves in the state, and the last slaves were not freed until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.