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TIL that Trey Parker stated that Mr. Mackey is based off his old school counselor Mr. Lackey. On South Park season 1 commentary Trey said “[Mr. Lackey used to say], ‘Trey, quit fooling around and get back to your school work, m'kay’ 'but, now, I’m making millions out of him’ ”

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JYkp4 TIL that Eunice Hunton Carter, a black female assistant district attorney, built the investigative case resulting in the 1936 conviction against mob boss Lucky Luciano. She was the first African American woman both to graduate from Fordham Law School, and then to serve as ADA in New York.
VMdaZ TIL The first openly gay celebrity was actor Billy Haines. In the 1920s, Haines was a silent film star with films like The Midnight Express, Little Annie Rooney, and Navy Blues. Haines, who was under contract with MGM, was told to marry a woman by MGM. He refused and never acted again.
LQbWQ TIL: why Election Day in the US is on a Tuesday: so farmers could get to the polls and still have time to get their crops to market.
BWEK TIL that in July, after receiving a warning from the FBI on his PC, Jay Matthew Riley turned himself in to police for possessing child pornography. The warning was fake and generated by a worm that had infected his computer.
a7PN TIL Volvo invented the three point seatbelt and it gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.