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TIL Shaquille O'Neil released a string of commercially successful rap albums in the 90s, with his debut certified platinum. His most recent musical release is 2017 diss track toward LeVar Ball, father of NBA point guard Lonzo Ball; in 2021 he performed a set in Las Vegas as DJ DIESEL.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by MustacheEmperor t3_zmvpf4
TIL: The final night of women's figure skating in 1994's Winter Olympics is the 6th highest rated TV broadcast in US history. Remembered for the Kerrigan-Harding subplot, 48.5% of all households with a TV watched the final. Since then, no other broadcast has matched that rating.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by theotherbogart t3_zmxbfm
TIL Richard M. Daley authorized the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport in Chicago. This stranded 16 planes on the ground including several Fire Department helicopters. The FAA fined the city $33,000 for not giving 30 days notice ahead of an airport closure.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by trifletruffles t3_znjl4x
TIL that when Unsolved Mysteries aired a segment on missing child Nyleen Marshall, they were contacted by a man who thought he might have gone to school with Nyleen. This turned out not to be Nyleen, but a different missing child, Monica Bonilla, who had been abducted by her noncustodial parent.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by TychaBrahe t3_zm43y5
TIL for 50+ years, Australian children in the outback attended school via shortwave radio and sent homework via air mail due to the distance between homes. "Schools of the Air" were many children's first social experience outside their families; its quality equaled or surpassed traditional schools'.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by lemontreelemur t3_znatfq
Submitted by SmashScrapeFlip t3_zmctlx
TIL American rapper Jay-Z stabbed a man in at an album release party, with a 5-inch blade in the stomach, after rumours the man was behind the bootlegging of one of his albums. He later pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, accepting a 3-year probation sentence.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by arijitdas t3_zmt6ad
TIL after being scolded by a woman who felt that his shoes were too expensive for kids, Shaq forwent a $40 million deal with Reebok & signed one with Walmart. He then brought in designers from Reebok so that his Walmart shoes would look costlier than the $20 price. Over 400 million pairs were sold.
sports.yahoo.comSubmitted by suzukigun4life t3_zmrxam