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TIL that Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time” was recorded in Buffalo at Rick James’ home recording studio during a 4-day snowstorm

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nWdpb TIL the American Terex Corporation supplied Iraq with weapons technology in the 1990s, likely at the direction of the CIA and British Intelligence.
0wBBj TIL: America's most iconic snack company - responsible for the Oreo, Vanilla Wafer, Fig Newton, and others - is the result of a merger in 1898 of the major biscuit producers of the time to form the "National Biscuit Company", or better known as "NaBisCo".
v10D4 TIL the Toyi-toyi was a dance used in protests in South Africa, especially against apartheid, where crowds would jump from one foot to the other
1aElD TIL of Army Sgt Stephen Schap, who decapitated his best friend for fathering Schap's wife's baby, and placed his best friend's head at her bedside during childbirth.
GYr07 TIL each year, over 100 firefighters are arrested for arson. This comes from a report by the National Volunteer Fire Council. Some of the offenders seem to be motivated by boredom, or by the prospect of receiving attention for responding to the fires they have set.