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TIL that writing a giant SOS on a beach has the added advantage of being an ambigram: SOS can be read right side up or upside down

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ZDvQ TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”
rRQ1w TIL legendary R&B/soul singer Barry White was jailed for 4 months at age 16 for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires. While in jail, he heard Elvis Presley singing “Now Or Never” on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life.
BjWd TIL : Don King, famed boxing promoter stomped one of his employees to death, however he only spent 3 years and 11 months in jail.
yQdOa TIL The Phil Donahue show was cancelled by MSNBC three weeks before the invasion of Iraq. Donahue had previously lost support after he expressed his feelings regarding the first Gulf War. General Electric who owned MSNBC at the time was also a major defense contractor removed the show and fired him
M7KRb TIL Mauritania didn’t abolish slavery until 1981. Laws were only passed to enforce the ban, after international pressure in 2007.