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TIL that members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs were frustrated by the success N.W.A. achieved by talking about the gang lifestyle, and despite being rivals they got together in 1993 to record an album titled "Bangin' on Wax".
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TIL about Matthias Schlitte who used his genetic disorder Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber Syndrome, an overgrowth of tissues and bones, to his advantage to be crowned arm wrestling world champion in the 70-kilogram class in 2022.
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TIL In 1983 heavy metal fan and author Stephen King was so annoyed when the local radio station changed its rock format that be bought the station to switch back to play what he wanted
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TIL In August 1854, armed with pistols, swords and clubs hundreds of mutually antagonistic Chinese miners from the same region — the Pearl River Delta — fought a pitched battle on the outskirts of California town, Weaverville
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TIL that the most viscous liquid on earth is Pitch (or bitumen) and it took 69 years for one drop to fall
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TIL In the last 22 years, the only NBA player to win three consecutive championships is Patrick McCaw, who kept getting traded to winning teams before dropping out of the NBA
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TIL Wilson in Castaway was inspired by screenwriter William Broyles's experience when, during a one-week stay on an isolated beach for research, a volleyball washed up on shore.
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TIL that the French had for the best part of 5 centuries a very lucrative salt tax. So much so that at some point it was as valuable to France, as the American silver mines were to Spain (according to Cardinal Richelieu)
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