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TIL that a top ice skater became a porn actress. Melissa Bulanhagui won national and international figure skating medals from 2005 to 2013. Since 2019 she has worked in porn under the stage name "Jada Kai".

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9dP6 TIL an entrepreneur was making money selling pictures of an unshaven Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln grew a beard, he nearly went bankrupt and decided to go into making board games under the name of Milton Bradley
aw0Zy TIL the FBI sent MLK a letter urging him to commit suicide
p8J5G TIL according to a new 3D model of the Milky Way, our galaxy is warped and shaped like the popular brand of potato chip. “I’d say that it is shaped like a Pringle” said Radek Poleski, an astronomer at Ohio State University who helped to create the new map.
v04D TIL that the last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically: This is the End.
0dvVN TIL of the HMS Royal George, the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch in 1756. Her sinking near Portsmouth killed more than 800 people, making it one of the most deadly maritime disasters in British territorial waters. Many who died were women and children, visiting family onboard.