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TIL Jada Pinkett Smith has a metal band

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loeGa TIL Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympic Games awarded medals in sculpture, music, painting, and architecture.After a heated debate in the post-war years, the competitions were scrapped. John Copley of Britain won one of the final medals at age 73 for his painting named "Polo Players".
XEmgR TIL that after Stephen Fry described God - if God existed - as a maniac he was criminally investigated for blasphemy, but the investigation was dropped when they didn’t find enough people who were outraged by his comments.
lWgB TIL that a fourteen year-old boy, bleeding from the anus and heavily drugged, managed to escape Jeffery Dahmer only to be returned to him after Dahmer convinced police the boy was his lover.
m1Vgy TIL The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed to The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in 2018 because the leaders of the Mormon church don’t like the name Mormon anymore.
J1d0l TIL that in 1971 the Shah of Iran threw one of the most expensive parties in history, which spared no expense. It was attended by nearly all royal families, dignitaries and presidents. The example of over extravagance was ultimately used by the islamic revolutionaries to overthrow the Shah.