jcd1974
TIL that Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong) served a 9 month prison sentence for his role in financing and promoting a brand of bongs. He was a cellmate of "The Wolf of Wall Street" Jordan Belfort, who credits Chong for encouraging him to write his memoirs. They have remained friends ever since.
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TIL that upon ascending to the throne, Mehmed III, the 13th sultan of the Ottoman empire, ordered that all of his nineteen brothers be executed. Fratricidal successions were not unprecedented, as sultans would often have dozens of children with their concubines.
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