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TIL in California all DUI convicts are made to sign “The Watson Admonishment”, which forces them to acknowledge the danger of DUI. If you are the cause of fatal DUI after signing this you are charged with murder rather than manslaughter.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 02:57PM by RSTLNE3MCAAV
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TIL Stan Lee, had a contract awarding him 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters. The film Spider-Man (2002) made more than $800 million, but the producers claim that it did not make any profit as defined in Lee's contract
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 01:56PM by hanky1979
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TIL in the 1930’s, Warner Bros. was looking for an effective way to promote their music catalog. They settled on making animated shorts set to their music — calling it “Looney Tunes”.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 02:56PM by nokia621
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TIL that an Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 03:41PM by willburn61
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TIL that out of thousands of Frog species, only one goes "RIBBIT", But it has become a global cliche of how a frog sounds because that particular frog specie resides in the West Coast of USA, where Hollywood is, and were recorded for sound effects in classic Hollywood movies.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 03:28PM by sersleepsalot1
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TIL a legal loophole in the UK allows alcohol to be sold without a license on a train in motion. An unlicensed distillery exploited this by setting up in a disused railway building, obtaining a steam train, and selling gin to customers while they road it back and forth from the distillery.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 06:51PM by ConsiderablyMediocre
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TIL that Henry Ford allowed injured laborers to continue work from their hospital beds; screwing nuts on small bolts without getting out of bed. It was optional, but allowed employees to receive their normal salary while hospitalized. Ford believed the work to hasten their recovery.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 08:24PM by bemmu
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TIL in the ancient epic Mahabharata (c.a 400 BCE), the King Yudisthira reaches paradise but is told his dog is not allowed in. Shocked that his dog could not be allowed in, the King choses to return to Earth or go to Hell. The guard then reveals it was only a test of his virtue, and allows both in.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 10:40PM by leo_99
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TIL that the town of Monowi in Nebraska is the smallest town in the USA with only one resident. Elsie Eiler (84), she is the mayor, clerk, librarian and bar owner. She pays taxes to herself, gives herself her own liquor licenses and votes for herself in municipal elections.
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Submitted June 08, 2019 at 11:11PM by hypersite
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TIL that Theranos employee Ian Gibbons killed himself to avoid being deposed and fired for disclosing company's false claims. His wife called the CEO to report his death but instead received an email from a Theranos lawyer requesting she immediately return the company laptop.
http://bit.ly/2ZcqKQN

Submitted June 08, 2019 at 10:38PM by Stauce52
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TIL after reading a translation of the Quran, Martin Luther was strongly against banning it, believing that it was better to tolerate Muslims and expose them to criticism.
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Submitted June 09, 2019 at 12:04AM by HarboringOnALament
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TIL Dan Aykroyd has Tourette's and Asperger's and was born with webbed toes and two different colored eyes. He also has strange obsessions with law enforcement and ghosts, which later led to the idea for Ghostbusters.
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Submitted June 09, 2019 at 02:44AM by cheerfummy
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TIL that Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
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Submitted June 09, 2019 at 04:22AM by willburn61
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TIL that there were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves.
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Submitted June 09, 2019 at 02:56AM by willburn61
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TIL that Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
http://bit.ly/2zaYQas

Submitted June 09, 2019 at 04:22AM by willburn61
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