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TIL In 1985, Director Paul Feig won $29,000 on the game show "The $29,000 Pyramid" which allowed him to quit his day job and jumpstart a career in filmmaking

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69epX TIL that the iconic Rosa Parks bus photo was staged by the UPI after her victory in the Supreme Court. The man behind her is UPI reporter Nicholas Chriss.
XEPGr TIL that founding member, and drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, James "The Rev" Sullivan wrote a song titled "Death" then said "That's it, that's the last song for this record." just 3 days before passing away on Dec, 28th 2009.
4e5g TIL - a 6000 year-old stone complex discovered in Malta resonates at a frequency which has a measurable effect on people’s brain activity, stimulating creativity during chanting.
kJvZB TIL: Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). They are clinics that operate with government funding, sliding scale, and some insured to help care for the communities of uninsured and underinsured.
v6rx TIL During a “Botched Drug Raid” using a No-Knock Warrant 39 shots were fired at an elderly woman after she fired one shot over the heads of the plain clothed men entering her home. Those same officers later planted coke and marijuana at her home in a failed attempt at framing her.