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TIL Tupac Shakur shot two off duty police officers who were assaulting a young man. Charges against Shakur were dropped because the officers were intoxicated and in possession of stolen guns

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rRkR1 TIL Howard Ashman co-wrote songs for Disney Renaissance films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin while dying of complications from AIDS. Beauty’s dedication reads: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful.”
lomJK TIL: Tattoo removal is so difficult because macrophages keep eating and storing the ink!
KOp6E TIL: In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the mould he was working with produced a substance that could kill many common bacteria. He called this new, exciting substance "mould juice". Only after a couple of months did he name it penicillin.
X8mj TIL that Howard Hughes bought the Silver Slipper casino so he could turn off the flashing slipper sign so he didn’t have to see it anymore from his penthouse across the street
EgDkW TIL that 70% of all recyclable plastic in the US was recycled in China until 2017, when they cut off imports of plastic waste from the US and EU. Today, the vast majority of it ends up in landfills.