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TIL about Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach on kids' shows who was arrested in 2004 for molesting Drake Bell. He was also found to have had close correspondence with the serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

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4X09X TIL of a French territory in South America called French Guiana, who’s got the 17th best GDP mainly due to its primary income being their rocket-launching base in the capital, Kourou.
J1PbQ TIL- The Lend-Lease bill signed by President FDR during WW2 was called House of Representative bill 1776 (H.R. 1776). The bill was purposely given the code 1776 as a jab at Britain but it allowed Britain to borrow an unlimited amount of money and supplies to defend against Hitler.
e976 TIL the HP Lovecraft novella “At the Mountains of Madness” was planned to be adapted into a film directed by Guillermo del Toro, produced by James Cameron, but it has not been greenlit since 2011 due to Universal Studios wanting it to be a PG-13-rated film instead of R-rated.
K4Gw TIL St. Lawrence of Rome is the patron saint of chefs and comedians, because when he was being burnt alive over a huge gridiron, he cheerfully proclaimed ‘turn me over, I’m well done on this side!’
p8MmN TIL that during his 19 year NBA career, Shaq made 11,330 field goals. Only one of those goals was a 3-pointer.