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TIL that the leader of the Crips, Stanley Williams, lived a double life where during the day, he was an anti-gang youth counselor, and at night acted as the overboss of the Crips, committing violent gang crimes against the Bloods

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gM8D4 TIL the Vatican once dispatched a church father to personally verify if Shirley Temple was a 30-year-old dwarf with false teeth in a wig.
Bregr TIL Cheetahs are not considered a big cat because they lack the ability to roar. Cheetahs, the last living member of the Acinonyx genus, lacks the floating hyoid unlike lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards.(Panthera)
rNdje TIL in the year following D.B. Cooper hijacking and bailing out of an airliner, a rash of copycat hijackings occurred. Each demanded money and parachutes. Some even managed to bail out, just like Cooper. All were caught, and more stringent safety measures were adopted by airlines and airports.
RAGj TIL the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube didn’t realize he’d built a puzzle until he scrambled it the first time and tried to restore it
rNNld TIL World's Oldest University Nalanda which was destructed by Islamic Invaders 800 years ago, being built again in India.