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TIL soul music pioneer Curtis Mayfield was paralysed from the neck down during a live performance in 1990, and still managed to produce an album in 1996

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vPl14 TIL about the Shitbox Rally, an Australian long distance motoring event that raises money for cancer research. Each car in the rally has to cost less than $950 USD and can't be AWD/4WD. The Rally has raised almost $30 million USD so far.
oZKo TIL The original lyrics to Tutti Frutti were “Tutti Frutti, good booty / If it don’t fit, don’t force it / You can grease it, make it easy"
mkkO TIL the Holocaust in Belarus killed up to 40% of its population. 100,000 Jews lived in the Minsk ghetto, with 1.5 meters of allotted space each and none for children. The Nazis planned to kill 75% of Belorussians - those with blonde hair/blue eyes would be allowed to live as slaves for Germans.
d8QYd TIL: Americans that live abroad and even get another citizenship, still have to pay US taxes
L0pV TIL that you’re more likely to get killed by your couch then your average terrorist.